Beyond the Timeline: One-year Mortality Trends in Early vs. Late Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis

Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Jul 27:ciae392. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae392. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

Among 302 episodes with prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE), one-year mortality was 31%. There was no evidence indicating that early-onset PVE within 6 months from valve surgery led to a worse outcome compared to late-onset PVE (21% versus 32%; p=0.126), despite similar redo valve surgeries across both categories.

Keywords: embolic events; periannular complications; prosthetic valve endocarditis; valve surgery.