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N'cho-Mottoh MPB, Erpelding ML, Roubaud C, Delahaye F, Fraisse T, Dijos M, Ennezat PV, Fluttaz A, Richard B, Beaufort C, Nazeyrollas P, Brasselet C, Pineau O, Tattevin P, Curlier E, Iung B, Forestier E, Selton-Suty C. The impact of transoesophageal echocardiography in elderly patients with infective endocarditis. Arch Cardiovasc Dis 2023; 116:258-264. [PMID: 37147149 DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2023.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 03/25/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Infective endocarditis (IE) increasingly involves older patients. Geriatric status may influence diagnostic and therapeutic decisions. AIM To describe transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) use in elderly IE patients, and its impact on therapeutic management and mortality. METHODS A multicentre prospective observational study (ELDERL-IE) included 120 patients aged ≥75 years with definite or possible IE: mean age 83.1±5.0; range 75-101 years; 56 females (46.7%). Patients had an initial comprehensive geriatric assessment, and 3-month and 1-year follow-up. Comparisons were made between patients who did or did not undergo TEE. RESULTS Transthoracic echocardiography revealed IE-related abnormalities in 85 patients (70.8%). Only 77 patients (64.2%) had TEE. Patients without TEE were older (85.4±6.0 vs. 81.9±3.9 years; P=0.0011), had more comorbidities (Cumulative Illness Rating Scale-Geriatric score 17.9±7.8 vs. 12.8±6.7; P=0.0005), more often had no history of valvular disease (60.5% vs. 37.7%; P=0.0363), had a trend toward a higher Staphylococcus aureus infection rate (34.9% vs. 22.1%; P=0.13) and less often an abscess (4.7% vs. 22.1%; P=0.0122). Regarding the comprehensive geriatric assessment, patients without TEE had poorer functional, nutritional and cognitive statuses. Surgery was performed in 19 (15.8%) patients, all with TEE, was theoretically indicated but not performed in 15 (19.5%) patients with and 6 (14.0%) without TEE, and was not indicated in 43 (55.8%) patients with and 37 (86.0%) without TEE (P=0.0006). Mortality was significantly higher in patients without TEE. CONCLUSIONS Despite similar IE features, surgical indication was less frequently recognized in patients without TEE, who less often had surgery and had a poorer prognosis. Cardiac lesions might have been underdiagnosed in the absence of TEE, hampering optimal therapeutic management. Advice of geriatricians should help cardiologists to better use TEE in elderly patients with suspected IE.
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- CHRU of Nancy, Inserm, université de Lorraine, CIC, épidémiologie clinique, 54000 Nancy, France
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- University Hospital of Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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- University Hospital of Guadeloupe, Les Abymes 97142, France
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- Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, 75018 Paris, France
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Budea CM, Bratosin F, Bogdan I, Bota AV, Turaiche M, Tirnea L, Stoica CN, Csep AN, Feciche B, Pescariu SA, Popa M, Mavrea A, Bumbu BA, Bandi SSS, Marincu I. Clinical Presentation and Risk Factors of Infective Endocarditis in the Elderly: A Systematic Review. J Pers Med 2023; 13. [PMID: 36836530 DOI: 10.3390/jpm13020296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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Infective endocarditis (IE) is a bacterial infection with high morbidity and mortality rates, particularly among the elderly. This systematic review was conducted to determine the clinical characteristics of IE in older adults and the risk factors that could lead to adverse outcomes. The research employed three databases (PubMed, Wiley, and Web of Science), with a primary search for studies that have described cases of IE in patients older than 65 years. From a total of 555 articles, 10 were selected for inclusion in the current study, comprising a total of 2222 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of IE. The primary findings were an increased incidence of staphylococcal and streptococcal infections (33.4% and32.0%, respectively), an increased prevalence of comorbidities, namely, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer, and a significantly greater mortality risk than the younger group. Regarding mortality risks, the pooled odds ratio for cardiac disorders was OR = 3.81, septic shock OR = 8.22, renal complications OR = 3.75, and advancing age OR = 3.54 were most frequently mentioned. Taking into consideration the fact that the majority of the elderly population suffers from significant complications and is unable to undergo surgery due to an increased risk of complications after the procedure, it is imperative that effective treatment methods should be investigated.
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Bea C, Vela S, García-Blas S, Perez-Rivera JA, Díez-Villanueva P, de Gracia AI, Fuertes E, Oltra MR, Ferrer A, Belmonte A, Santas E, Pellicer M, Colomina J, Doménech A, Bodi V, Forner MJ, Chorro FJ, Bonanad C. Infective Endocarditis in the Elderly: Challenges and Strategies. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2022; 9:jcdd9060192. [PMID: 35735821 PMCID: PMC9224959 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd9060192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Revised: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The specific management of infective endocarditis (IE) in elderly patients is not specifically addressed in recent guidelines despite its increasing incidence and high mortality in this population. The term "elderly" corresponds to different ages in the literature, but it is defined by considerable comorbidity and heterogeneity. Cancer incidence, specifically colorectal cancer, is increased in older patients with IE and impacts its outcome. Diagnosis of IE in elderly patients is challenging due to the atypical presentation of the disease and the lower performance of imaging studies. Enterococcal etiology is more frequent than in younger patients. Antibiotic treatment should prioritize diminishing adverse effects and drug interactions while maintaining the best efficacy, as surgical treatment is less commonly performed in this population due to the high surgical risk. The global assessment of elderly patients with IE, with particular attention to frailty and geriatric profiles, should be performed by multidisciplinary teams to improve disease management in this population.
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- Carlos Bea
- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (C.B.); (S.V.); (A.I.d.G.); (E.F.); (M.R.O.); (A.F.); (A.B.); (M.J.F.)
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- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (C.B.); (S.V.); (A.I.d.G.); (E.F.); (M.R.O.); (A.F.); (A.B.); (M.J.F.)
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (S.G.-B.); (E.S.); (M.P.); (V.B.); (F.J.C.)
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria INCLIVA, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (C.B.); (S.V.); (A.I.d.G.); (E.F.); (M.R.O.); (A.F.); (A.B.); (M.J.F.)
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- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (C.B.); (S.V.); (A.I.d.G.); (E.F.); (M.R.O.); (A.F.); (A.B.); (M.J.F.)
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- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (C.B.); (S.V.); (A.I.d.G.); (E.F.); (M.R.O.); (A.F.); (A.B.); (M.J.F.)
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- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (C.B.); (S.V.); (A.I.d.G.); (E.F.); (M.R.O.); (A.F.); (A.B.); (M.J.F.)
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- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (C.B.); (S.V.); (A.I.d.G.); (E.F.); (M.R.O.); (A.F.); (A.B.); (M.J.F.)
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (S.G.-B.); (E.S.); (M.P.); (V.B.); (F.J.C.)
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (S.G.-B.); (E.S.); (M.P.); (V.B.); (F.J.C.)
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain;
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- Servicio de Cirugía Cardiovascular, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain;
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (S.G.-B.); (E.S.); (M.P.); (V.B.); (F.J.C.)
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria INCLIVA, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red-Cardiovascular, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (C.B.); (S.V.); (A.I.d.G.); (E.F.); (M.R.O.); (A.F.); (A.B.); (M.J.F.)
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria INCLIVA, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (S.G.-B.); (E.S.); (M.P.); (V.B.); (F.J.C.)
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria INCLIVA, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red-Cardiovascular, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain; (S.G.-B.); (E.S.); (M.P.); (V.B.); (F.J.C.)
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria INCLIVA, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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Pazdernik M, Iung B, Mutlu B, Alla F, Riezebos R, Kong W, Nunes MCP, Pierard L, Srdanovic I, Yamada H, De Martino A, Miglioranza MH, Magne J, Piper C, Laroche C, Maggioni AP, Lancellotti P, Habib G, Selton-Suty C. Surgery and outcome of infective endocarditis in octogenarians: prospective data from the ESC EORP EURO-ENDO registry. Infection 2022; 50:1191-1202. [PMID: 35290614 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-022-01792-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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PURPOSE High mortality and a limited performance of valvular surgery are typical features of infective endocarditis (IE) in octogenarians, even though surgical treatment is a major determinant of a successful outcome in IE. METHODS Data from the prospective multicentre ESC EORP EURO-ENDO registry were used to assess the prognostic role of valvular surgery depending on age. RESULTS As compared to < 80 yo patients, ≥ 80 yo had lower rates of theoretical indication for valvular surgery (49.1% vs. 60.3%, p < 0.001), of surgery performed (37.0% vs. 75.5%, p < 0.001), and a higher in-hospital (25.9% vs. 15.8%, p < 0.001) and 1-year mortality (41.3% vs. 22.2%, p < 0.001). By multivariable analysis, age per se was not predictive of 1-year mortality, but lack of surgical procedures when indicated was strongly predictive (HR 2.98 [2.43-3.66]). By propensity analysis, 304 ≥ 80 yo were matched to 608 < 80 yo patients. Propensity analysis confirmed the lower rate of indication for valvular surgery (51.3% vs. 57.2%, p = 0.031) and of surgery performed (35.3% vs. 68.4%, p < 0.0001) in ≥ 80 yo. Overall mortality remained higher in ≥ 80 yo (in-hospital: HR 1.50[1.06-2.13], p = 0.0210; 1-yr: HR 1.58[1.21-2.05], p = 0.0006), but was not different from that of < 80 yo among those who had surgery (in-hospital: 19.7% vs. 20.0%, p = 0.4236; 1-year: 27.3% vs. 25.5%, p = 0.7176). CONCLUSION Although mortality rates are consistently higher in ≥ 80 yo patients than in < 80 yo patients in the general population, mortality of surgery in ≥ 80 yo is similar to < 80 yo after matching patients. These results confirm the importance of a better recognition of surgical indication and of an increased performance of surgery in ≥ 80 yo patients.
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- Michal Pazdernik
- Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKEM), Prague, Czech Republic.,Department of Cardiology, Second Medical School, Charles University, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Cardiology Department, Bichat Hospital, APHP, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Cardiology, Marmara University Hospital, Pendik, Istanbul, Turkey
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- National University Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- University Hospital Sart Tilman, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
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- Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan
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- Cardiology Dept, CHU Limoges, INSERM 1094, University Hospital Dupuytren, 87042, Limoges, France
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- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- EURObservational Research Programme, European Society of Cardiology, Biot, France
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- EURObservational Research Programme, European Society of Cardiology, Biot, France.,Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, Cotignola, Italy
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- Cardiology Dept, APHM, La Timone Hospital, Marseille, France.,Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, APHM, MEPHI, IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
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- Cardiology Dept, CIC-ECCHU Nancy-Brabois, 54000, Nancy, France. .,Association pour l'Etude et la Prevention de l'Endocardite Infectieuse (AEPEI), Paris, France.
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Kiriyama H, Kaneko H, Itoh H, Kamon T, Morita K, Jo T, Fujiu K, Daimon M, Takeda N, Morita H, Yasunaga H, Komuro I. Surgical treatment for infective endocarditis in the ageing society: a nationwide retrospective study in Japan. Open Heart 2021; 8:openhrt-2021-001627. [PMID: 33846222 PMCID: PMC8047992 DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2021-001627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Revised: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Objective The current status of surgical treatment for infective endocarditis (IE) among very elderly people is unclear. Methods We extracted data on patients in Japan with community-acquired IE who were admitted and discharged between April 2010 and February 2018 using a nationwide inpatient, the Diagnosis Procedure Combination database. We divided patients into three groups: non-elderly (<65 years), elderly (65–79 years) and very elderly (≥80 years). A 1:1 propensity score matching was performed to compare proportions of surgical treatment and in-hospital mortality among the groups. Results We identified 20 667 eligible patients (median age 70 years, 61.0% men). The proportion of very elderly patients significantly increased (19.1% in 2010 to 29.7% in 2018). The proportion of surgical treatment was significantly lower, and in-hospital mortality was significantly higher in very elderly patients. This tendency was more pronounced among patients with in-hospital complications such as heart failure, stroke or embolism. Surgical treatment was significantly associated with lower in-hospital mortality even in very elderly patients, both in an unmatched (OR 0.61; 95% CI 0.47 to 0.78) and a propensity score matched cohort (OR 0.61; 95% CI 0.43 to 0.85). Conclusions The proportion of very elderly patients with IE was increasing, and very elderly patients had higher in-hospital mortality. The proportion of surgical treatment for IE among very elderly patients was low, but it was associated with lower in-hospital mortality. Further studies are needed to establish the optimal strategy for IE among very elderly patients.
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- Hiroyuki Kiriyama
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan.,Department of Advanced Cardiology, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Economics, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan.,Department of Health Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Health Services Research, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan.,Department of Advanced Cardiology, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Economics, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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Scheggi V, Merilli I, Marcucci R, Del Pace S, Olivotto I, Zoppetti N, Ceschia N, Andrei V, Alterini B, Stefàno PL, Marchionni N. Predictors of mortality and adverse events in patients with infective endocarditis: a retrospective real world study in a surgical centre. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2021; 21:28. [PMID: 33435885 PMCID: PMC7802147 DOI: 10.1186/s12872-021-01853-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Purpose Mortality in infective endocarditis (IE) is still high, and the long term prognosis remains uncertain. This study aimed to identify predictors of long-term mortality for any cause, adverse event rate, relapse rate, valvular and ventricular dysfunction at follow-up, in a real-world surgical centre.
Methods We retrospectively analyzed 363 consecutive episodes of IE (123 women, 34%) admitted to our department with a definite diagnosis of non-device-related IE. Median follow-up duration was 2.9 years. Primary endpoints were predictors of mortality, recurrent endocarditis, and major non-fatal adverse events (hospitalization for any cardiovascular cause, pace-maker implantation, new onset of atrial fibrillation, sternal dehiscence), and ventricular and valvular dysfunction at follow-up.
Results Multivariate analysis independent predictors of mortality showed age (HR per unit 1.031, p < 0.003), drug abuse (HR 3.5, p < 0.002), EUROSCORE II (HR per unit 1.017, p < 0.0006) and double valve infection (HR 2.3, p < 0.001) to be independent predictors of mortality, while streptococcal infection remained associated with a better prognosis (HR 0.5, p < 0.04). Major non-fatal adverse events were associated with age (HR 1.4, p < 0.022). New episodes of infection were correlated with S aureus infection (HR 4.8, p < 0.001), right-sided endocarditis (HR 7.4, p < 0.001), spondylodiscitis (HR 6.8, p < 0.004) and intravenous drug abuse (HR 10.3, p < 0.001). After multivariate analysis, only drug abuse was an independent predictor of new episodes of endocarditis (HR 8.5, p < 0.001). Echocardiographic follow-up, available in 95 cases, showed a worsening of left ventricular systolic function (p < 0.007); severe valvular dysfunction at follow-up was reported only in 4 patients, all of them had mitral IE (p < 0.03). Conclusions The present study highlights some clinical, readily available factors that can be useful to stratify the prognosis of patients with IE.
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- Valentina Scheggi
- Division of Cardiovascular and Perioperative Medicine, Cardiothoracovascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi and University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50143, Florence, Italy.
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- Division of Cardiovascular and Perioperative Medicine, Cardiothoracovascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi and University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50143, Florence, Italy
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- Division of General Cardiology, Cardiothoracovascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi and University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Division of General Cardiology, Cardiothoracovascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi and University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Division of General Cardiology, Cardiothoracovascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi and University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Institute of Applied Physics "Nello Carrara" (IFAC), National Research Council, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Division of General Cardiology, Cardiothoracovascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi and University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Division of General Cardiology, Cardiothoracovascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi and University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Division of Cardiovascular and Perioperative Medicine, Cardiothoracovascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi and University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50143, Florence, Italy
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiothoracovascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi and University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Division of General Cardiology, Cardiothoracovascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi and University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Allen CJ, Patterson T, Chehab O, Cahill T, Prendergast B, Redwood SR. Incidence and outcomes of infective endocarditis following transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2020; 18:653-662. [PMID: 33073603 DOI: 10.1080/14779072.2020.1839419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Prosthetic valve infective endocarditis is a feared and potentially catastrophic complication of valvular intervention. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation has transformed the modern management of aortic stenosis and vastly altered the demographics of those patients undergoing valve replacement. AREAS COVERED As a relatively nascent development, what TAVI means for the epidemiology of infective endocarditis, how to identify those patients undergoing the procedure at greatest risk, and how best to prevent and manage the condition remains the subject of fervent research activity. In this review, we appraise relevant contemporary data discussing the incidence, microbiological profiles, associated risk factors and clinical outcomes of infective endocarditis after TAVI. EXPERT OPINION Present outcomes are poor, with exceedingly high in-hospital and long-term mortality. Evidence to support surgical management in this patient group is lacking. Prevention is therefore paramount and a logical focus for future research attention.
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- Christopher J Allen
- King's College London , London, UK.,Department of Cardiology, Guys' and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust , London, UK
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- King's College London , London, UK.,Department of Cardiology, Guys' and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust , London, UK
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- King's College London , London, UK.,Department of Cardiology, Guys' and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust , London, UK
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- Centre for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Irving Medical Centre / New York-Presbyterian Hospital , New York, USA.,Oxford Heart Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust , Oxford, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Guys' and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust , London, UK
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- King's College London , London, UK.,Department of Cardiology, Guys' and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust , London, UK
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Menchi-Elanzi M, Ramos-Rincón JM, Merino-Lucas E, Reus-Bañuls S, Torrús-Tendero D, Clíment-Paya V, Boix V, Portilla-Sogorb J. Infective endocarditis in elderly and very elderly patients. Aging Clin Exp Res 2020; 32:1383-8. [PMID: 31429005 DOI: 10.1007/s40520-019-01314-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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AIMS To compare the clinical and epidemiological characteristics and the evolution of infective endocarditis in adults aged under 65 years, 65-79 years, and 80 years or older. METHODS An observational retrospective cohort study in patients with infective endocarditis was performed in a public hospital in Spain from January 2013 to December 2017. RESULTS Seventy-two patients were treated: 26 (36.1%) were under 65 years old, 28 (38.9%) were 65-79 years old, and 18 (25%) were aged 80 or older. Prosthetic valve endocarditis was less common in patients aged 65-79 years (3.6%) than in younger (23.1%; p = 0.047) or older (38.9%; p = 0.004) patients. In contrast, degenerative heart disease was more prevalent in the 65-79 year age group [64.3% compared to 15.4% (p < 0.001) in the youngest group, and 33.3% (p = 0.04) in the oldest]. Surgical interventions were similar in patients aged 65-79 (50%) and under 65 years (42.3%), but less common in people over 80 years (16.7%; p = 0.022). CONCLUSIONS The characteristics of infective endocarditis are different in patients aged 65-79 years and in those over 80 years.
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Wu Z, Chen Y, Xiao T, Niu T, Shi Q, Xiao Y. The clinical features and prognosis of infective endocarditis in the elderly from 2007 to 2016 in a tertiary hospital in China. BMC Infect Dis 2019; 19:937. [PMID: 31694555 PMCID: PMC6836522 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4546-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Infective endocarditis (IE) especially in the elderly is a serious disease, with a worse prognosis. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was conducted. A total of 405 patients with definite IE were divided into three groups: 205 patients under 50 years old, 141 patients between 50 and 64 years old and 59 patients over 65 years old. RESULTS For older patients, clinical symptoms such as fever, anemia, and heart murmur were as common as the younger patients. IE in old patients had more frequent nosocomial origin (P = 0.007) and tended to be more frequent with bad oral hygiene (p = 0.008). The most frequent isolated pathogens in the old groups was streptococci and coagulase-negative staphylococci. The old patients had a lower operation rate (40.7% vs 58.9% vs 62.4%, P = 0.012) and higher in-hospital mortality (20.3% vs 10.6% vs 8.8%, P = 0.044) compared with the younger patients. Surgical treatment was a significant predictor of one-year mortality even after adjusting for the confounders (HR = 2.45, 95% CI 1.027-10.598, P = 0.009). The one-year survival rate was higher for older patients with surgical intervention than those without (95.8% vs 68.6%, P = 0.007). CONCLUSIONS Older patients with IE presented with more comorbidities, bad oral hygiene, more nosocomial origin and a more severe prognosis than younger patients. Streptococci was the most frequent micro-organisms in this group. Surgery were underused in old patients and those with surgical treatment had better prognosis.
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- Zhenzhu Wu
- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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Feitosa-Filho GS, Peixoto JM, Pinheiro JES, Afiune Neto A, Albuquerque ALTD, Cattani ÁC, Nussbacher A, Camarano AA, Sichinels AH, Sousa ACS, de Alencar Filho AC, Gravina CF, Sobral Filho DC, Pitthan E, Costa EFDA, Duarte EDR, Freitas EVD, Moriguchi EH, Mesquita ET, Fernandes F, Fuchs FC, Feitosa GS, Pierre H, Pereira Filho I, Helber I, Borges JL, Garcia JMDA, Souza JAGD, Zanon JCDC, Alves JDC, Mohallem KL, Chaves LMDSM, Moura LAZ, Silva MCAD, Toledo MADV, Assunção MELSDM, Wajngarten M, Gonçalves MJO, Lopes NHM, Rodrigues NL, Toscano PRP, Rousseff P, Maia RAR, Franken RA, Miranda RD, Gamarski R, Rosa RF, Santos SCDM, Galera SC, Grespan SMDS, Silva TCRD, Esteves WADM. Updated Geriatric Cardiology Guidelines of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology - 2019. Arq Bras Cardiol 2019; 112:649-705. [PMID: 31188969 PMCID: PMC6555565 DOI: 10.5935/abc.20190086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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- Universidade José do Rosário Vellano (UNIFENAS), Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, GO - Brazil
- UniEVANGÉLICA, Anápolis, GO - Brazil
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- Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE), Recife, PE - Brazil
- Pronto-Socorro Cardiológico Universitário de Pernambuco (PROCAPE), Recife, PE - Brazil
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- Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul (UFFS), Chapecó, SC - Brazil
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- Sociedade Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia (SBGG), Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
- Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, GO - Brazil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brazil
- Departamento de Insuficiência Cardíaca (DEIC) da Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC), Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRS), Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP - Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP - Brazil
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- Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE), Recife, PE - Brazil
- Pronto-Socorro Cardiológico Universitário de Pernambuco (PROCAPE), Recife, PE - Brazil
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- Instituto do Coração (Incor) da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil
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- Hospital Vera Cruz, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
- Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
- Universidade de Itaúna, Itaúna, MG - Brazil
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Armiñanzas C, Fariñas-Alvarez C, Zarauza J, Muñoz P, González Ramallo V, Martínez Sellés M, Miró Meda JM, Pericás JM, Goenaga MÁ, Ojeda Burgos G, Rodríguez Álvarez R, Castelo Corral L, Gálvez-Acebal J, Martínez Marcos FJ, Fariñas MC, Fernández Sánchez F, Noureddine M, Rosas G, de la Torre Lima J, Aramendi J, Bereciartua E, Blanco MJ, Blanco R, Boado MV, Campaña Lázaro M, Crespo A, Goikoetxea J, Iruretagoyena JR, Irurzun Zuazabal J, López-Soria L, Montejo M, Nieto J, Rodrigo D, Rodríguez D, Rodríguez R, Vitoria Y, Voces R, García López MV, Georgieva RI, Ojeda G, Rodríguez Bailón I, Ruiz Morales J, Cuende AM, Echeverría T, Fuerte A, Gaminde E, Goenaga MÁ, Idígoras P, Iribarren JA, Izaguirre Yarza A, Kortajarena Urkola X, Reviejo C, Carrasco R, Climent V, Llamas P, Merino E, Plazas J, Reus S, Álvarez N, Bravo-Ferrer JM, Castelo L, Cuenca J, Llinares P, Miguez Rey E, Rodríguez Mayo M, Sánchez E, Sousa Regueiro D, Martínez FJ, Alonso MDM, Castro B, García Rosado D, Durán MDC, Miguel Gómez MA, Lacalzada J, Nassar I, Plata Ciezar A, Reguera Iglesias JM, Asensi Álvarez V, Costas C, de la Hera J, Fernández Suárez J, Iglesias Fraile L, León Arguero V, López Menéndez J, Mencia Bajo P, Morales C, Moreno Torrico A, Palomo C, Paya Martínez B, Rodríguez Esteban Á, Rodríguez García R, Telenti Asensio M, Almela M, Ambrosioni J, Azqueta M, Brunet M, Bodro M, Cartañá R, Falces C, Fita G, Fuster D, García de la Mària C, Hernández-Meneses M, Llopis Pérez J, Marco F, Miró JM, Moreno A, Nicolás D, Ninot S, Quintana E, Paré C, Pereda D, Pericás JM, Pomar JL, Ramírez J, Rovira I, Sandoval E, Sitges M, Soy D, Téllez A, Tolosana JM, Vidal B, Vila J, Adán I, Bermejo J, Bouza E, Celemín D, Cuerpo Caballero G, Delgado Montero A, Fernández Cruz A, García Mansilla A, García Leoni ME, González Ramallo V, Kestler Hernández M, Hualde AM, Marín M, Martínez-Sellés M, Menárguez MC, Muñoz P, Rincón C, Rodríguez-Abella H, Rodríguez-Créixems M, Pinilla B, Pinto Á, Valerio M, Vázquez P, Verde Moreno E, Antorrena I, Loeches B, Martín Quirós A, Moreno M, Ramírez U, Rial Bastón V, Romero M, Saldaña A, Agüero Balbín J, Amado C, Armiñanzas Castillo C, Arnaiz García A, Cobo Belaustegui M, Fariñas MC, Fariñas-Álvarez C, Gómez Izquierdo R, García I, González-Rico C, Gutiérrez-Cuadra M, Gutiérrez Díez J, Pajarón M, Parra JA, Sarralde A, Teira R, Zarauza J, Domínguez F, García Pavía P, González J, Orden B, Ramos A, Centella T, Hermida JM, Moya JL, Martín-Dávila P, Navas E, Oliva E, Del Río A, Ruiz S, Hidalgo Tenorio C, Almendro Delia M, Araji O, Barquero JM, Calvo Jambrina R, de Cueto M, Gálvez Acebal J, Méndez I, Morales I, López-Cortés LE, de Alarcón A, García E, Haro JL, Lepe JA, López F, Luque R, Alonso LJ, Azcárate P, Azcona Gutiérrez JM, Blanco JR, García-Álvarez L, Oteo JA, Sanz M, de Benito N, Gurguí M, Pacho C, Pericas R, Pons G, Álvarez M, Fernández AL, Martínez A, Prieto A, Regueiro B, Tijeira E, Vega M, Canut Blasco A, Cordo Mollar J, Gainzarain Arana JC, García Uriarte O, Martín López A, Ortiz de Zárate Z, Urturi Matos JA, García Domínguez G, Sánchez-Porto A, Arribas Leal JM, García Vázquez E, Hernández Torres A, Blázquez A, de la Morena Valenzuela G, Alonso Á, Aramburu J, Calvo FE, Moreno Rodríguez A, Tarabini-Castellani P, Heredero Gálvez E, Maicas Bellido C, Largo Pau J, Sepúlveda MA, Toledano Sierra P, Iqbal-Mirza SZ, Cascales Alcolea E, Egea Serrano P, Hernández Roca JJ, Keituqwa Yañez I, Peláez Ballesta A, Soriano V, Moreno Escobar E, Peña Monje A, Sánchez Cabrera V, Vinuesa García D, Arrizabalaga Asenjo M, Cifuentes Luna C, Núñez Morcillo J, Pérez Seco MC, Villoslada Gelabert A, Aured Guallar C, Fernández Abad N, García Mangas P, Matamala Adell M, Palacián Ruiz MP, Porres JC, Alcaraz Vidal B, Cobos Trigueros N, Del Amor Espín MJ, Giner Caro JA, Jiménez Sánchez R, Jimeno Almazán A, Ortín Freire A, Viqueira González M, Pericás Ramis P, Ribas Blanco MÁ, Ruiz de Gopegui Bordes E, Vidal Bonet L, Bellón Munera MC, Escribano Garaizabal E, Tercero Martínez A, Segura Luque JC. Role of age and comorbidities in mortality of patients with infective endocarditis. Eur J Intern Med 2019; 64:63-71. [PMID: 30904433 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2019.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2018] [Revised: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to analyse the characteristics of patients with IE in three groups of age and to assess the ability of age and the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) to predict mortality. METHODS Prospective cohort study of all patients with IE included in the GAMES Spanish database between 2008 and 2015.Patients were stratified into three age groups:<65 years,65 to 80 years,and ≥ 80 years.The area under the receiver-operating characteristic (AUROC) curve was calculated to quantify the diagnostic accuracy of the CCI to predict mortality risk. RESULTS A total of 3120 patients with IE (1327 < 65 years;1291 65-80 years;502 ≥ 80 years) were enrolled.Fever and heart failure were the most common presentations of IE, with no differences among age groups.Patients ≥80 years who underwent surgery were significantly lower compared with other age groups (14.3%,65 years; 20.5%,65-79 years; 31.3%,≥80 years). In-hospital mortality was lower in the <65-year group (20.3%,<65 years;30.1%,65-79 years;34.7%,≥80 years;p < 0.001) as well as 1-year mortality (3.2%, <65 years; 5.5%, 65-80 years;7.6%,≥80 years; p = 0.003).Independent predictors of mortality were age ≥ 80 years (hazard ratio [HR]:2.78;95% confidence interval [CI]:2.32-3.34), CCI ≥ 3 (HR:1.62; 95% CI:1.39-1.88),and non-performed surgery (HR:1.64;95% CI:11.16-1.58).When the three age groups were compared,the AUROC curve for CCI was significantly larger for patients aged <65 years(p < 0.001) for both in-hospital and 1-year mortality. CONCLUSION There were no differences in the clinical presentation of IE between the groups. Age ≥ 80 years, high comorbidity (measured by CCI),and non-performance of surgery were independent predictors of mortality in patients with IE.CCI could help to identify those patients with IE and surgical indication who present a lower risk of in-hospital and 1-year mortality after surgery, especially in the <65-year group.
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- Carlos Armiñanzas
- Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, University of Cantabria, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain.
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- Division of Health Care Quality, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain.
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- Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain.
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- Servicio de Microbiología Clínica y Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias-CIBERES (CB06/06/0058), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
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- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospitalización a Domicilio, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Universidad Europea, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
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- Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona-IDIBAPS. Barcelona, Spain.
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- Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario Donosti, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga, Spain
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- Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario de Cruces, Bilbao, Universidad del País Vasco, País Vasco, Spain.
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- Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Complejo Hospitalario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- JUnidad Clínica de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, IBIS, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.
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- Maria Carmen Fariñas, Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
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- Hospital Universitario Donostia-Policlínica Gipuzkoa, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Donostia-Policlínica Gipuzkoa, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Donostia-Policlínica Gipuzkoa, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Donostia-Policlínica Gipuzkoa, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Donostia-Policlínica Gipuzkoa, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Donostia-Policlínica Gipuzkoa, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Central Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Central Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
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- Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca Murcia, Spain
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Forestier E, Roubaud-Baudron C, Fraisse T, Patry C, Gavazzi G, Hoen B, Carauz-Paz P, Moheb-Khosravi B, Delahaye F, Sost G, Paccalin M, Nazeyrollas P, Strady C, Alla F, Selton-Suty C. Comprehensive geriatric assessment in older patients suffering from infective endocarditis. A prospective multicentric cohort study. Clin Microbiol Infect 2019; 25:1246-1252. [PMID: 31055167 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2018] [Revised: 04/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aim was to describe the impact of infective endocarditis (IE) on functional, cognitive and nutritional statuses, and to estimate the influence of these parameters on surgical management and mortality. METHOD This was a prospective study over 13 months in 14 French hospitals, including patients ≥75 years of age with definite or possible IE. A comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) was performed during the first week of hospitalization, including a retrospective estimation of functional status 2 months before hospitalization, and 3 months after. RESULTS A total of 120 patients were included (mean age 83.1 ± 5.0 (75-101) years). IE was associated with a dramatic impairment of functional status between 2 months prior hospitalization and the first geriatric evaluation (90.8% able to walk vs. 35.5% (p < 0.0001), ADL (Activities in Daily Living) 5.0 ± 1.7 vs. 3.1 ± 2.1 (p < 0.0001)). The 19 operated patients (15.8%) had less comorbidities (cumulative illness rating scale geriatric 10.8 ± 8.2 vs. 15.3 ± 7.1 (p 0.0176)), better functional (ADL 5.9 ± 0.4 vs. 4.9 ± 1.8 (p 0.0171) and nutritional (mini nutritional assessment 20.4 ± 5.0 vs. 17.3 ± 6.2 (p 0.0501)) statuses than non-operated patients. Among all infectious, cardiac and geriatric parameters, body mass index (HR 0.9, range 0.8-1, p 0.05) and ADL at the time of the first evaluation (HR 0.7, range 0.6-0.9, p 0.002) were the sole independent predictors of the 3-month (32.5%) and 1-year mortality (42.5%). Three months later, the 57 assessed patients only partially recovered their ADL (3.7 ± 1.9 vs. 5.3 ± 1.4 2 months prior hospitalization and 4.6 ± 1.9 at the first CGA; p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION Functional and nutritional abilities are crucial components that can be accurately explored through a CGA when managing IE in oldest patients.
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- E Forestier
- Infectious Diseases Department, Centre Hospitalier Metropole Savoie, Chambéry, France.
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- CHU Bordeaux, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Univ. Bordeaux, F-33000, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Alès Cévennes, Alès, France
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- Department of Geriatrics, Hôpital Bichat - APHP, Paris, France
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine and GREPI EA 7408, University Hospital of Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine Department and INSERM CIC 1424, University Hospital of Pointe-à-Pitre; Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Faculté de Médecine Hyacinthe Bastaraud, EA 4537, Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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- Infectious Diseases Department, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Lucie et Raymond Aubrac, Villeneuve Saint Georges, France
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Annecy Genevois, Annecy, France
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- Cardiology Department, Hospices civils de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, HESPER, EA 7425, Lyon, France
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, University Hospital of Rennes, Rennes, France
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine and CIC 1402, University Hospital of Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Cardiology Department, University Hospital of Reims, Reims, France
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- Infectious Diseases Department, Groupe Courlancy, Reims, France
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- Clinical Epidemiological Center, University Hospital of Nancy, Nancy, France
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- Cardiology Department, University Hospital of Nancy, Nancy, France
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The review gives the current views of the etiology and risk factors of infective endocarditis (IE) in the elderly. It reports the specific clinical picture of the disease at this age, including clinically apparent syndromes, comorbidity, and various clinical signs and peculiarities of IE. Particular emphasis is placed on the diagnosis of an endocardial infectious lesion, which is based on the use of the modified Duke criteria. The methods of IE diagnosis, particularly microbiological examination, imaging techniques, among which echocardiography in different modes plays a particular role, are listed. The treatment of the disease is based on the latest recommendations for antibiotic therapy with and without regard to a specific etiological factor. The issues of surgical intervention, as well as approaches to preventing IE in elderly people are discussed.
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- G G Taradin
- M. Gorky Donetsk National Medical University, Donetsk, Ukraine; V.K. Gusak Institute of Emergency and Reconstructive Surgery, Donetsk, Ukraine
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- M. Gorky Donetsk National Medical University, Donetsk, Ukraine; V.K. Gusak Institute of Emergency and Reconstructive Surgery, Donetsk, Ukraine
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- John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- M. Gorky Donetsk National Medical University, Donetsk, Ukraine
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- M. Gorky Donetsk National Medical University, Donetsk, Ukraine; V.K. Gusak Institute of Emergency and Reconstructive Surgery, Donetsk, Ukraine
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Meyerowitz EA, Dhanireddy S. Care of the Elderly Patient with Infective Endocarditis. Curr Geri Rep 2017; 6:290-296. [DOI: 10.1007/s13670-017-0229-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Oliver L, Lavoute C, Giorgi R, Salaun E, Hubert S, Casalta JP, Gouriet F, Renard S, Saby L, Avierinos JF, Maysou LA, Riberi A, Grisoli D, Casalta AC, Collart F, Raoult D, Habib G. Infective endocarditis in octogenarians. Heart 2017; 103:1602-1609. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-310853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Revised: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Cresti A, Chiavarelli M, Scalese M, Nencioni C, Valentini S, Guerrini F, D’Aiello I, Picchi A, De Sensi F, Habib G. Epidemiological and mortality trends in infective endocarditis, a 17-year population-based prospective study. Cardiovasc Diagn Ther 2017; 7:27-35. [PMID: 28164010 PMCID: PMC5253443 DOI: 10.21037/cdt.2016.08.09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND The population at risk, the clinical and microbiological features of infective endocarditis (IE) have changed. Aim of our study was to evaluate the contemporary epidemiological trends, over a 17-year period in a definite region of Tuscany, Italy, to analyze the clinical outcomes and associated prognostic factors. METHODS From 1 January 1998 to 31 December 2014, all patients with a definite diagnosis of IE were prospectively entered in a data-base. The Health-Care system data-base was interrogated to capture patients who could have been missed. The final dataset derived by the merging of the two data-bases. RESULTS Incidence rate of IE was 4.6/100,000/y with a significant linear incidence increase. In hospitalized patients the incidence was 1.27/1,000 admissions. Over age 65 incidence rate was 11.7/100,000/y. Male/female ratio was 1.54:1. A temporal trend towards an increase in the mean population age was found (P=0.033). There was an increase in the incidence of Health-care associated IE, P=0.016. The most common microorganisms were staphylococcus aureus (25%) and coagulase-negative staphylococci (22%). In-hospital mortality was 24%. A trend towards an increase in mortality rate was found (P=0.055). Independent predictors of mortality were older age, S. aureus infection, heart failure, septic shock and persistent bacteremia. CONCLUSIONS Our study confirms an increasing mortality trend in IE, although with a borderline significance. Elderly forms are associated with poor prognosis and higher than 1-year mortality rate even in the multivariate analysis. Ageing population, increase in healthcare-associated and staphylococcal infections, may explain the rise of IE incidence and of the mortality trend.
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- Alberto Cresti
- Cardiological Department, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Le Scotte Hospital, Siena University, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Research, Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Council of Research, F. G. Monasterio, Pisa, Italy
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- Infectious Disease Department Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy
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- Infectious Disease Department Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy
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- Cardiological Department, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy
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- Cardiology Department, Hôpital La Timone, Marseille, France
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Castillo Bernal FJ, Anguita Sánchez MP, Castillo Domínguez JC, Carrasco Ávalos F, Ruiz Ortiz M, Delgado Ortega M, Romo Peñas E, Mesa Rubio D, Suárez de Lezo Cruzconde J. [Left-sided native valve infective endocarditis: Influence of age and the presence of underlying heart disease]. Med Clin (Barc) 2016; 147:475-480. [PMID: 27692625 DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2016.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Revised: 07/04/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Left-sided native valve infective endocarditis (LNVIE) epidemiology has been modified as a result of the increase in average age. The aim of our study is to analyze the influence of age and the presence of predisposing heart disease in the prognosis of these patients. METHODS We analyzed a series of 257 cases of LNVIE depending on their age (greater than or equal to 70 years old), both in the overall series and in the subgroup of patients without predisposing heart disease. RESULTS Mean age was 54.6 (18.6) years. There was an increase in the percentage of cases of older patients between 1987-2000 and 2001-2014 (9.8 vs. 34.8%, P<.001). These patients present higher prevalence of degenerative valves (50 vs. 22.8%) or not predisposing heart disease (50 vs. 39.9%), P<.001, health-care associated episodes (41.8 vs. 23.6%, P=.016), lower rate of surgery (43.7 vs. 63.8%, P=.005) and higher in-hospital mortality (39.1 vs. 20.7%, P=.003), with no differences in comorbidities. Older patients who did not have predisposing heart disease also suffered higher in-hospital mortality (47 vs. 22%, P=.01). Age greater than or equal to 70 years old is an independent predictor of mortality in patients with LNVIE (OR 2.53, 95% CI 1.24-5.15, P=.011), as in those without previous heart disease (OR 3.98, 95% CI 1.49-10.62, P=.006). CONCLUSIONS Patients of age greater than or equal to 70 years old and who suffer an LNVIE are becoming more frequent and have a worse prognosis with a lower rate of surgery and higher rates of in-hospital mortality.
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, España
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, España
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, España
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The incidence of infective endocarditis (IE) rises in industrialized countries. Older people are more affected by this severe disease, notably because of the increasing number of invasive procedures and intracardiac devices implanted in these patients. Peculiar clinical and echocardiographic features, microorganisms involved, and prognosis of IE in elderly have been underlined in several studies. Additionally, elderly population appears quite heterogeneous, from healthy people without past medical history to patients with multiple diseases or who are even bedridden. However, the management of IE in this population has been poorly explored, and international guidelines do not recommend adapting the therapeutic strategy to the patient's functional status and comorbidities. Yet, if IE should be treated according to current recommendations in the healthiest patients, concerns may rise for older patients who suffer from several chronic diseases, especially renal failure, and are on polypharmacy. Treating frailest patients with high-dose intravenous antibiotics during a prolonged hospital stay as recommended for younger patients could also expose them to functional decline and toxic effect. Likewise, the place of surgery according to the aging characteristics of each patient is unclear. The aim of this article is to review the recent data on epidemiology of IE and its peculiarities in the elderly. Then, its management and various therapeutic approaches that can be considered according to and beyond guidelines depending on patient comorbidities and frailty are discussed.
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- Emmanuel Forestier
- Infectious Diseases Department, Centre Hospitalier Métropole Savoie, Chambéry, France
- Correspondence: Emmanuel Forestier, Service de maladies infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier Métropole Savoie, BP 1125, 73011 Chambery Cedex, France, Tel +33 4 7996 5847, Fax +33 4 7996 5171, Email
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- Acute Geriatric Department, Centre Hospitalier, Alès, France
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- Infectious Diseases Department, Centre Hospitalier Annecy-Genevois, Annecy, France
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Werdan K, Dietz S, Löffler B, Niemann S, Bushnaq H, Silber RE, Peters G, Müller-Werdan U. Mechanisms of infective endocarditis: pathogen–host interaction and risk states. Nat Rev Cardiol 2013; 11:35-50. [DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2013.174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Malhotra A, Prendergast BD. Evaluating treatment options for patients with infective endocarditis: when is it the right time for surgery? Future Cardiol 2012; 8:847-61. [DOI: 10.2217/fca.12.46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Infective endocarditis remains a life-threatening condition with an unchanging incidence and mortality of nearly 30% at 1 year. Surgery is required in 25–50% of acute infections and 20–40% of patients during convalescence. Operative procedures are often technically challenging and high-risk, often due to coexistent multisystem disease. However, international guidelines provide clear indications for surgical intervention, which are applicable for the majority of patients. These are not, however, supported by particularly robust clinical evidence and decision-making often needs to be tailored to the advancing age of the overall patient cohort, the presence of multisystem disease, comorbidities, prior antibiotic therapy of varying duration and the availability of surgical expertise. Native valve endocarditis will be the initial focus of this article, along with subgroups including prosthetic valve endocarditis. We present the treatment options for patients with infective endocarditis, evaluate the evidence-base that supports current clinical practice and attempt to provide an insight and subsequent recommendations for the timing of surgery.
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- Aneil Malhotra
- Department of Cardiology, The John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, The John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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Ramírez-duque N, García-cabrera E, Ivanova-georgieva R, Noureddine M, Lomas J, Hidalgo-tenorio C, Plata A, Gálvez-acebal J, Ruíz-morales J, de la Torre-lima J, Reguera J, Martínez-marcos F, de Alarcón A. Surgical treatment for infective endocarditis in elderly patients. J Infect 2011; 63:131-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2011] [Revised: 04/04/2011] [Accepted: 05/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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López-Wolf D, Vilacosta I, San Román JA, Fernández C, Sarriá C, López J, Revilla A, Manchado R. Endocarditis infecciosa en pacientes octogenarios. Rev Esp Cardiol 2011; 64:329-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.recesp.2010.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2010] [Accepted: 05/31/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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López J, Revilla A, Vilacosta I, Sevilla T, Villacorta E, Sarriá C, Pozo E, Rollán MJ, Gómez I, Mota P, San Román JA. Age-dependent profile of left-sided infective endocarditis: a 3-center experience. Circulation 2010; 121:892-7. [PMID: 20142448 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.109.877365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The influence of age on the main epidemiological, clinical, echocardiographic, microbiological, and prognostic features of patients with infective endocarditis remains unknown. We present the series with the largest numbers and range of ages of subjects to date that analyzes the influence of age on the main characteristics of patients with isolated left-sided infective endocarditis. Furthermore, this series is the first one in which patients have been distributed according to age quartile. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 600 episodes of left-sided endocarditis consecutively diagnosed in 3 tertiary centers were stratified into age-specific quartiles and 107 variables compared between the different groups. With increasing age, the percentage of women, previous heart disease, predisposing disease (diabetes mellitus and cancer), and infection by enterococci and Streptococcus bovis also increased. Valvular insufficiency and perforation and Staphylococcus aureus infection were more common in younger patients. The therapeutic approach differed depending on patient age because of the growing proportion of older patients who only received medical treatment. Clinical course and hospital prognosis were worse in the older patients because of increased surgical mortality among them. CONCLUSIONS Increasing age is associated with less valvular impairment (insufficiency and perforation), a more favorable microbiological profile, and increased surgical mortality among adults with left-sided infective endocarditis.
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- Javier López
- Instituto de Ciencias del Corazón, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain.
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Habib G, Hoen B, Tornos P, Thuny F, Prendergast B, Vilacosta I, Moreillon P, de Jesus Antunes M, Thilen U, Lekakis J, Lengyel M, Müller L, Naber CK, Nihoyannopoulos P, Moritz A, Luis Zamorano J. Guía de práctica clínica para prevención, diagnóstico y tratamiento de la endocarditis infecciosa (nueva versión 2009). Rev Esp Cardiol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(09)73131-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Acute infective endocarditis is a complex disease with changing epidemiology and a rapidly evolving knowledge base. To consistently achieve optimal outcomes in the management of infective endocarditis, the clinical team must have an understanding of the epidemiology, microbiology, and natural history of infective endocarditis, as well as a grasp of guiding principles of diagnosis and medical and surgical management. The focus of this review is acute infective endocarditis, though many studies of diagnosis and treatment do not differentiate between acute and subacute disease, and indeed many principles of diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis for acute and subacute disease are identical.
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- Jay R McDonald
- Infectious Disease Section, Specialty Care Service, St. Louis VA Medical Center, 915 N Grand Boulevard, Mailcode 151/JC, St. Louis, MO 63106, USA.
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Habib G, Hoen B, Tornos P, Thuny F, Prendergast B, Vilacosta I, Moreillon P, de Jesus Antunes M, Thilen U, Lekakis J, Lengyel M, Müller L, Naber CK, Nihoyannopoulos P, Moritz A, Zamorano JL, Vahanian A, Auricchio A, Bax J, Ceconi C, Dean V, Filippatos G, Funck-Brentano C, Hobbs R, Kearney P, McDonagh T, McGregor K, Popescu BA, Reiner Z, Sechtem U, Sirnes PA, Tendera M, Vardas P, Widimsky P, Vahanian A, Aguilar R, Bongiorni MG, Borger M, Butchart E, Danchin N, Delahaye F, Erbel R, Franzen D, Gould K, Hall R, Hassager C, Kjeldsen K, McManus R, Miro JM, Mokracek A, Rosenhek R, San Roman Calvar JA, Seferovic P, Selton-Suty C, Uva MS, Trinchero R, van Camp G. Guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infective endocarditis (new version 2009): the Task Force on the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Infective Endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Endorsed by the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) and the International Society of Chemotherapy (ISC) for Infection and Cancer. Eur Heart J 2009; 30:2369-413. [PMID: 19713420 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1213] [Impact Index Per Article: 80.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Gilbert Habib
- Service de Cardiologie, CHU La Timone, Bd Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France.
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Brar SS. Infective Endocarditis: A Changing Demographic. South Med J 2009; 102:458-459. [DOI: 10.1097/smj.0b013e3181a0b043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Infective endocarditis is occurring more and more frequently in elderly persons and it has been associated with various clinical, bacteriological, and prognostic features. We present a 63-year-old woman with infective endocarditis which is the first reported case with cerebral hemorrhage, splenic and renal embolisms.
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- Zhou-Wen Chen
- Department of General Practice, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Giannitsioti E, Chirouze C, Bouvet A, Béguinot I, Delahaye F, Mainardi JL, Celard M, Mihaila-Amrouche L, Moing VL, Hoen B. Characteristics and regional variations of group D streptococcal endocarditis in France. Clin Microbiol Infect 2007; 13:770-6. [PMID: 17501973 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01753.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The proportion of infective endocarditis (IE) caused by group D streptococci (GDS; formerly Streptococcus bovis) increased markedly in France, to account for 25% of all cases of IE by 1999. In an attempt to explain this phenomenon, a comparative analysis of GDS and oral streptococci (OS) causing IE was performed. This study was based on data collected from a large cross-sectional population-based survey that was conducted in 1999. In total, 559 cases of definite IE were recorded, of which 142 involved GDS and 79 involved OS. Patients with GDS IE were older (62.7 vs. 56.6 years, p 0.01) and had a history of valve disease less frequently than did patients with OS IE (33.8% vs. 67.1%, p <0.0001). At-risk procedures for IE were performed less frequently in patients with GDS than in patients with OS (14.8% vs. 24.1%, p 0.08), but co-morbidities were more frequent in the GDS group (59.9% vs. 32.9%, p 0.0001). Diabetes, colon diseases and cirrhosis were also more frequent in the GDS group (p 0.006, p <0.0001 and p 0.08, respectively). Rural residents accounted for 31.0% of the GDS group, but for only 15.2% of the OS group (p 0.001). Likewise, the proportion of GDS IE was higher in regions with mixed (urban and rural) populations (Franche-Comté 81.8%, Marne 68.7%, Lorraine 70.3% and Rhône-Alpes 65.3%) than in exclusively urban regions (Paris and Ile de France 58.0%). Further investigations are required to elucidate the link in France between the incidence of GDS IE, rural residency and nutritional factors.
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- E Giannitsioti
- Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, CHU de Besançon, France, and University General Hospital Attikon, Athens, Greece
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Peterson GE, Cabell CH. Prevention and Treatment of Endocarditis. Cardiovasc Ther 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-1-4160-3358-5.50050-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Peled N, Pitlik S, Livni G, Ashkenazi S, Bishara J. Impact of age on clinical features and outcome of infective endocarditis. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2006; 25:473-5. [PMID: 16773390 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0160-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- N Peled
- Infectious Diseases Unit, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Petach Tikvah, 49100, Israel
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HSU CN, WANG JY, TSENG CD, HWANG JJ, HSUEH PR, LIAU CS. Clinical features and predictors for mortality in patients with infective endocarditis at a university hospital in Taiwan from 1995 to 2003. Epidemiol Infect 2006; 134:589-97. [PMID: 16238819 PMCID: PMC2870414 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268805005224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/03/2005] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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The clinical features and microbiological characteristics of 315 patients with definite or possible infective endocarditis (IE) from January 1995 to December 2003 were evaluated. There were 187 males and 128 females with a mean age of 51 years (range, 1 month to 92 years). Ninety-three patients (30%) had a diagnosis of valvular heart disease and 24 (8%) had received prosthetic valve replacement. Blood culture was negative in 62 patients (20%). Staphylococci (91 patients, 32%), including methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (15%), methicillin-resistant S. aureus (11%), and coagulase-negative staphylococci (6%), were the most commonly encountered pathogens followed by viridans group streptococci (77 patients, 24%). Eight patients (25%) had various neurological, renal, embolic, and cardiac complications. Patients with neurological complications [odds ratio (OR) 8.175, P<0.001], nosocomial IE (OR 6.661, P<0.001), underlying malignancy (OR 4.993, P<0.001), elevated serum creatinine level (OR 3.132, P=0.001), or elevated WBC count (>15000/mm3) (OR 2.537, P=0.007) were at significantly increased risk of mortality. This study found mortality from IE was associated with several factors, among which neurological complications were the most hazardous. Patients with more than one risk factor had poorer prognosis. These results suggest the need for more aggressive management in patients with IE when multiple risk factors for mortality are identified.
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- C.-N. HSU
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Divisions of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Sheng B, Kong TK, Cheng LF. ENTEROCOCCAL ENDOCARDITIS PRESENTING WITH SUDDEN RIGHT ARM WEAKNESS IN A 73-YEAR-OLD MAN. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005; 53:1437-9. [PMID: 16078979 DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53433_2.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hoen B, Chirouze C, Cabell CH, Selton-Suty C, Duchêne F, Olaison L, Miro JM, Habib G, Abrutyn E, Eykyn S, Bernard Y, Marco F, Corey GR. Emergence of endocarditis due to group D streptococci: findings derived from the merged database of the International Collaboration on Endocarditis. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2005; 24:12-6. [PMID: 15660254 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-004-1266-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to compare the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of Streptococcus bovis endocarditis with those of endocarditis caused by oral streptococci, using data obtained from a large international database of uniformly defined cases of infective endocarditis. S. bovis, a well-known cause of infective endocarditis, remains the common name used to designate group D nonenterococcal streptococci. In some countries, the frequency of S. bovis endocarditis has increased significantly in recent years. Data from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis merged database was used to identify the main characteristics of S. bovis endocarditis and compared them with those of infective endocarditis (IE) due to oral streptococci. The database contained 136 cases of S. bovis IE and 511 cases of IE due to oral streptococci. Patients with S. bovis IE were significantly older those with IE due to oral streptococci (63+/-16 vs. 55+/-18 years, P<0.00001). The proportion of streptococcal IE due to S. bovis increased from 10.9% before 1989 to 23.3% after 1989 (P=0.0007) and was 56.7% in France as compared with 9.4% in the rest of Europe and 6.0% in the USA (P<0.00001). Patients with S. bovis IE had more comorbidity and never used intravenous drugs. Complication rates, rates of valve replacement, and mortality rates were similar in the two groups. In conclusion, this study confirmed that S. bovis IE has unique characteristics when compared to endocarditis due to oral streptococci and that it emerged in the 1990s, mainly in France, a finding that is yet unexplained.
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- B Hoen
- University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France.
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High K, Bradley S, Loeb M, Palmer R, Quagliarello V, Yoshikawa T. A New Paradigm for Clinical Investigation of Infectious Syndromes in Older Adults: Assessing Functional Status as a Risk Factor and Outcome Measure. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005; 53:528-35. [PMID: 15743301 DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53240.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Adults aged 65 and over comprise the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population, and older adults experience greater morbidity and mortality due to infection than young adults. While this factor is well established, most clinical investigation of infectious diseases in the aged focuses on microbiology, and crude endpoints of clinical success such as cure rates or mortality, but often fails to assess functional status, a critical variable in geriatric care. Functional status can be evaluated as a risk factor for infectious disease or an outcome of interest following specific interventions utilizing well-validated instruments. This paper outlines the currently available data suggesting a link between infection, immunity and impaired functional status in the elderly, summarizes commonly employed instruments used to determine specific aspects of functional status, and provides recommendations for a new paradigm in which clinical trials of older adults include functional assessment.
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- Kevin High
- Department of Internal Medicine, Sections of Infectious Diseases and Hematology/Oncology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC, USA.
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High KP, Bradley S, Loeb M, Palmer R, Quagliarello V, Yoshikawa T. A New Paradigm for Clinical Investigation of Infectious Syndromes in Older Adults: Assessment of Functional Status as a Risk Factor and Outcome Measure. Clin Infect Dis 2005; 40:114-22. [PMID: 15614700 DOI: 10.1086/426082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2004] [Accepted: 08/10/2004] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Adults aged >or=65 years comprise the fastest-growing segment of the United States population, and older adults experience greater morbidity and mortality due to infection than do young adults. Although age is well established as a risk factor for infection, most clinical investigations of infectious diseases in older adults focus on microbiology and on crude end points of clinical success, such as cure rates or death; however, they often fail to assess functional status, which is a critical variable in geriatric care. Functional status can be evaluated either as a risk factor for infectious disease or as an outcome of interest after specific interventions using well-validated instruments. This article outlines the currently available data that suggest an association between infection, immunity, and impaired functional status in elderly individuals, summarizes the instruments commonly used to determine specific aspects of functional status, and provides recommendations for a new paradigm in which clinical trials that involve older adults include assessment of functional status.
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- Kevin P High
- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
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Horstkotte D, Follath F, Gutschik E, Lengyel M, Oto A, Pavie A, Soler-Soler J, Thiene G, von Graevenitz A. [Guidelines on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis. Executive summary]. Rev Esp Cardiol 2004; 57:952-62. [PMID: 15469793 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(04)77224-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Juthani-Mehta M, Quagliarello VJ. Prognostic Scoring Systems for Infectious Diseases: Their Applicability to the Care of Older Adults. Clin Infect Dis 2004; 38:692-6. [PMID: 14986254 DOI: 10.1086/381688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2003] [Accepted: 11/16/2003] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Physicians often make clinical predictions about individual patients. For many infectious diseases, published prognostic scoring systems (PSSs) can help predict relevant outcomes. Validated PSSs exist for the general adult population for diseases such as pneumonia, endocarditis, meningitis, and bloodstream infection. Although these PSSs have been rigorously derived and validated, they have limited value in the care of older adults, because most studies have involved a heterogeneous adult population with mortality as the primary end point. In the United States, the number of patients who are > or =65 years old is growing, and their health care costs are increasing. Assessment of clinical outcomes other than merely survival (i.e., physical functional ability, cognitive ability, need for nursing home care, and overall quality of life) is required for this population. Some pioneering work has been done to develop PSSs that specifically address the health care needs of older adults. This review will describe existing PSSs and explore areas of further investigation.
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- Manisha Juthani-Mehta
- Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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Infective endocarditis (IE) in elderly patients is a serious disease with significant morbidity and mortality. IE presents unique diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in the elderly. A heightened index of suspicion is necessary due to the atypical presentations of IE among the elderly. Underlying degenerative valvular disease, mitral valve prolapse, and presence of a prosthetic valve are important predisposing risk factors for IE in the elderly. IE in the elderly is somewhat more common in men. The mitral valve is affected somewhat more frequently compared with the aortic valve. Streptococci and staphylococci are the predominant organisms, recovered in approximately 80% of elderly patients with IE. The presence of calcific valvular lesions and prosthetic valves often confound echocardiographic findings in the elderly. Aggressive diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are mandatory for a favorable outcome of IE in this group of patients.
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- Vinod K. Dhawan
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, King-Drew Medical Center, 12021 S. Wilmington Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA.
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Infective endocarditis is seen with increasing frequency in older patients. This increase is due to the general aging of the population, improved survival of patients with congenital and valvular heart disease, and the increasing use of catheters and other prosthetic devices with resulting higher incidence of nosocomial endocarditis. In older patients, infective endocarditis frequently develops in the absence of underlying structural heart disease; atheromatous deposits and mitral annular calcification are two important risk factors in this population. Infective organisms in older patients are frequently enterococci and other gastrointestinal tract bacteria. A marked febrile response is uncommon whereas central nervous system symptoms are more common in older patients. Transesophageal echocardiography can be performed safely and is a major diagnostic tool with sensitivity of more than 90% in detecting vegetations as small as 2-5 mm. Appropriately drawn blood cultures provide bacteriologic diagnosis in 80%-99% of patients. Prolonged antibiotic therapy may be required in many instances depending on the infective organism. Early surgical therapy is advisable for patients who develop heart failure as a result of severe acute aortic valvular regurgitation. Valve replacement surgery can be performed with acceptable mortality and morbidity even in very elderly patients.
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- Gabriel Gregoratos
- Cardiology Consultation Service, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0214, USA
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The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence and characteristics of bacterial endocarditis (BE) of oral origin in a group of elderly people. A retrospective study of 115 BE clinical records was performed, focusing on the demographic and predisposing features, as well as on the analytical and clinical variables. Twenty-two of the 115 cases were excluded as they were detected in intravenous drug users. Of the remaining 93 cases, 54.8% were diagnosed in patients older than 60 years of age (group A) and 45.2% in patients younger than 60 years (group B). There were 16 cases (17.2%) of oral origin; 4 BE cases mainly associated with tooth extractions were found in group A and 12 BE (most of them related with odontogenic abscesses) in group B. Within group A, 1 patient (25%) had not an underlying cardiac condition versus 5 cases (41.6%) in group B. Even though the prevalence of BE of oral origin in patients older than 60 is low, the high frequency of cardiopathies, poor oral health and high number of dental procedures shown by the old population makes them a risk group for BE of oral origin.
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- Department of Special Needs, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Entrerríos s/n, Santiago de Compostela University, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Zamorano J, Sanz J, Moreno R, Almería C, Rodrigo JL, de Marco E, Serra V, Samedi M, Sánchez-Harguindey L. Better prognosis of elderly patients with infectious endocarditis in the era of routine echocardiography and nonrestrictive indications for valve surgery. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2002; 15:702-7. [PMID: 12094168 DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.118927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE It has been reported that endocarditis in the elderly may have a poor outcome. Our aim was to assess the different features and prognosis, if any, in the present time. METHODS Of 103 patients with proven endocarditis, 31 were 65 years or older and 72 were younger than 65 years. Degenerative heart disease was seen more frequently in the elderly (22.5% vs 2.7%, P =.003). Drug abuse and immunodeficiency virus infection were more common in the younger group, as was tricuspid endocarditis (26.3% vs 0%, P <.001). At clinical presentation cardiac failure (41.9 vs 19.4%, P =.02) and leukocytosis (61.2% vs 40.2%, P =.049) were seen more frequently in the elderly. RESULTS Despite other similar clinical features, it took longer to diagnose older patients (7.2 +/- 6.2 vs 3.2 +/- 3.5 days, P <.001). Enterococcus infected the aged more often (32.2% vs 13.1%, P =.001). During hospitalization, heart failure and embolization tended to be more common in the elderly and the younger group, respectively. There were no significant differences in the incidence of anatomic complications, the need for operation, and overall mortality. CONCLUSION Although a worse prognosis has been reported in elderly patients with infective endocarditis, the early use of transesophageal echocardiographic examinations and equal therapeutic options provides a similar outcome when compared with younger subjects.
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- Echocardiography Laboratory of the Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
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Infective endocarditis (IE) in elderly patients presents a unique diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Atypical presentations frequently lead to delayed diagnosis and poor outcome. IE in elderly persons is somewhat more common among men. Underlying degenerative valvular disease, mitral valve prolapse, and the presence of a prosthetic valve are important risk factors predisposing elderly persons to IE. Streptococci and staphylococci are the predominant organisms, which are recovered from approximately 80% of elderly patients with IE. In older patients, IE occurs somewhat more frequently on the mitral valve than it does on the aortic valve. The presence of calcific valvular lesions and the prosthetic valves often confound the echocardiographic findings in elderly patients. A high index of suspicion and an aggressive diagnostic approach are required to ensure timely diagnosis and appropriate therapy.
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- Vinod K Dhawan
- Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Martin Luther King, Jr. Charles R. Drew Medical Center, University of California-Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Infective endocarditis (IE) pathogenesis has changed in the last decades and there is an increasing number of patients without predisposing heart condition. The aim of this study is to asses the clinical features of these non-drug addict patients affected with IE without underlying heart disease and to identify the potential risk factors. From 196 cases of IE, 49 (25% of the series) occurred in patients without underlying heart disease. A presumed portal of entry was identified in the majority (26 cases). The most frequent were digestive (6 cases), haemodialysis (6 cases) and central venous catheters (4 cases). Right heart valves were more often affected (29 vs 6%; p < 0.01). The distribution of the causative microorganism showed a higher proportion of Staphylococcus (57 vs 30%). Despite a similar in-hospital complication rate and a similar need of surgery during the active phase, their prognosis is better than in those with underlying heart disease.
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain.
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