Long-term mortality in patients who survive surgery for infective endocarditis versus the background population: a nationwide study
Patients with IE who underwent valve surgery had a higher crude mortality than their controls from the background population. After adjusting for confounders, 5-year and 10-year mortality rates remained higher in the IE patient population.
Authors
- Jeppe Kofoed Petersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1166-7877)
- Katra Hadji-Turdeghal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3763-6777)
- Peter Laursen Graversen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1231-6283)
- Morten Holdgaard Smerup (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8482-030X)
- Emil Loldrup Fosbøl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2048-4167)
- Lauge Østergaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3298-1467)
- Sikander Tajik Nielsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1542-8859)
- L Koeber
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Frederiksberg Hospital (DK)
- Copenhagen University Hospital (DK)
- Rigshospitalet (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Heart
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2025-003476
- Primary Topic
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00