• Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg · Sep 2023

    In-hospital outcomes of patients undergoing emergent surgical treatment in patients with infective endocarditis.

    • Ali Kemal Kalkan, Serkan Kahraman, Gökhan Demirci, Hicaz Zencirkiran Agus, Ender Oner, Kübra Kalkan, and Mustafa Yildiz.
    • Department of Cardiology, University of Health Sciences, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul-Türkiye.
    • Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2023 Sep 1; 29 (9): 9961003996-1003.

    BackgroundInfective endocarditis is a serious heart disease that may cause several different clinical conditions and can need urgent surgical therapy. In our study, we aimed to evaluate the patients with infective endocarditis undergoing acute surgical treatment results in-hospital mortality.MethodsA total of 107 consecutive patients with infective endocarditis undergoing acute surgical therapy were included in our retrospective study. The patients were divided into two groups according to the presence of in-hospital mortality as Group 1 without in-hospital mortality (n=89) and Group 2 with in-hospital mortality (n=18). The demographic, laboratory, and clinical parameters were evaluated in both groups.ResultsThe mean age (50±14; 64±14, P<0.001) and the incidence of chronic renal failure (9 [10.1%]; 8 [44.4%], P=0.001) were higher in Group 2 while the ejection fraction was lower in Group 2 (50.0±9.3; 44.6±12.9, P=0.039). The incidence of positive blood culture was also higher in Group 2 (41 [46.1]; 14 [77.8], P=0.014). Aortic bioprosthesis operation (2 [2.2]; 6 [33.3], P<0.001) and mitral bioprosthesis operation (4 [4.5]; 5 [27.8], P=0.008) were higher in Group 2 as well as the incidence of septic shock was also higher in Group 2 (1 [1.1]; 3 [16.7], P=0.015). In addition, in multivariate logistic regression analyses, advanced age (odds ratio [OR]: 1.068, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.009-1.130, P: 0.024) and positive blood culture (OR: 4.436, 95% CI: 1.044-18.848, P: 0.044) were found to be independent predictors of in-hospital mortality.ConclusionAdvanced age, lower ejection fraction, high creatinine, positive blood culture, high systolic pulmonary artery pressure, and septic shock predicted in-hospital death in patients who have undergone emergent or urgent surgery due to infective endocarditis.

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