Clinical characteristics, management and outcomes of enterococcal infective endocarditis: an ancillary study from the ESC-EORP EURO-ENDO registry

EIE affects older, high-risk patients. After adjustment for operative risk, mortality was comparable to other etiologies, highlighting the need for tailored diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.

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European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes
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Clinical characteristics, management and outcomes of enterococcal infective endocarditis: an ancillary study from the ESC-EORP EURO-ENDO registry

Graciano García‐Pardo, Beatriz Montero, J Marek, Ivo van der Bilt et al.
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European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes
Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
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Clinical characteristics, management and outcomes of enterococcal infective endocarditis: an ancillary study from the ESC-EORP EURO-ENDO registry

Graciano García‐Pardo, Beatriz Montero, J Marek, Ivo van der Bilt, Jéremie Orain, Clara Hellner, J Lozano, L Silva, Timothée Klopfenstein, Cristina Prota, Carolyn Yung Ho, Sandrine Jacquet, Cláudio Henrique Fischer, Juan Manuel Monteagudo Ruiz, Graciela Reyes, Jolien W. Roos‐Hesselink, Michal Pazderník, Élisabeth Botelho-Nevers, C. Alarçon, Adina Pop‐Moldovan, J Dho, S Elkentaoui, F Goanta, Federico Piscione, T. Staub, Dimitris Tousoulis, Chihiro Saitou, Gregory J. Landry, B Božović, Martina Vargović, Rita Skårdal, Grejdieru Alexandra, S. Boudiche, Emila Ilic-Habensus, Eustachio Agricola, Daniel Cortez, Josip Vincelj, Gustavo Avegliano, L P Badano, Hamid Reza Pasha, F Bouchart, P Dabic, P Freitas, Marios Ioannides, E. Hamodraka, Teresa González‐Alujas, Örjan Friberg, Victor Sierra, L Pedro Botet, Renato Tambellini Arnoni, Emir Karaçağlar, Juan Llopis, Andrzej Budaj, Hakan Ataş, A Dambrauskaite, Paolo Colonna, Yu Nakagawa, C. 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Abstract

EIE affects older, high-risk patients. After adjustment for operative risk, mortality was comparable to other etiologies, highlighting the need for tailored diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.

European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes
University of Bergamo (IT), Hebron University (PS), University of Molise (IT), University Medical Center Groningen (NL), Inserm (FR), University of Liège (BE), Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy (RO), Délégation Paris 7 (FR), Université Paris Cité (FR), Nagpur Institute of Technology (IN), Aix-Marseille Université (FR), Méditerranée Infection Foundation (FR), Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri (IT), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens-Picardie (FR), Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR), National University Heart Centre Singapore (SG), CIC Rennes (FR), Health Care Foundation (CA), Hôpital Pontchaillou (FR), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (BE), Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari (ES), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège (BE), Hospital de Santa Marta (PT), National University Hospital (SG), Cleveland Clinic London (GB), Centre d'Investigation Clinique - Innovation Technologique (FR), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes (FR), Economic & Social Sciences, Health Systems & Medical Informatics (FR), Hôpital de la Timone (FR), Université de Picardie Jules Verne (FR), University of Milano-Bicocca (IT)
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