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Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Valvular Heart Disease

Background:

  • Heart failure (HF) complicates infective endocarditis (IE) prognosis, often due to severe valvular regurgitation.
  • Native left-sided infective endocarditis (NLSIE) presents unique challenges in managing valvular dysfunction.
  • Understanding the interplay between valvular regurgitation, HF, and outcomes in NLSIE is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To characterize clinical, epidemiological, microbiological, and echocardiographic features of NLSIE patients with severe valvular regurgitation.
  • To evaluate prognosis based on therapeutic approaches in NLSIE.
  • To identify prognostic factors for in-hospital mortality in NLSIE patients.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective recruitment of NLSIE patients across three tertiary hospitals (2005-2022).
  • Categorization into groups based on the presence or absence of severe valvular regurgitation.
  • Analysis of extensive epidemiological, clinical, analytical, microbiological, and echocardiographic data.

Main Results:

  • 874 NLSIE patients identified; 65% had severe valvular regurgitation.
  • No significant mortality difference between patients with and without severe regurgitation (30.2% vs. 26.5%).
  • Mortality significantly increased in severe regurgitation patients who developed heart failure (33% vs. 11.4%).

Conclusions:

  • Severe valvular regurgitation is highly prevalent in NLSIE but not an independent predictor of mortality.
  • Heart failure development is the critical factor that worsens prognosis in NLSIE patients with severe regurgitation.
  • Independent predictors for HF in NLSIE include age, anemia, atrial fibrillation, S. viridans infection, and mitroaortic regurgitation.