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Tsai SS, Wu VCC, Chan YH, Chen DY, Cheng YT, Hung KC, Hsiao FC, Tung YC, Lin CP, Chu PH, Chu Y, Chen SW. Early Surgery for Infective Endocarditis Complicated With Neurologic Injury. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2024; 38:1161-1168. [PMID: 38467525 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2024.02.011] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES To estimate the association between early surgery and the risk of mortality in patients with left-sided infective endocarditis in the context of stroke. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING This study was a multiinstitution study based on the Chang Gung Research Database, which contains electronic medical records from 7 hospitals in northern and southern Taiwan; these include 2 medical centers, 2 regional hospitals, and 3 district hospitals. PARTICIPANTS Patients with active left-sided infective endocarditis who underwent valve surgery between September 2002 and December 2018. INTERVENTIONS The authors divided patients into 2 groups, with versus without preoperative neurologic complications, had undergone early (within 7 d) or later surgery, and with brain ischemia or hemorrhage. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Three hundred ninety-two patients with a median time from diagnosis to surgery of 6 days were included. No significant differences in postoperative stroke, in-hospital mortality, or follow-up outcomes were observed between the patients with and without neurologic complications. Among the patients with preoperative neurologic complications, patients who underwent early surgery had a lower 30-day postoperative mortality rate (13.1% v 25.8%; hazard ratio, 0.21; 95% CI 0.07-0.67). In the subgroup analysis of the comparison between brain ischemia and hemorrhage groups, there was no significant between-group difference in the in-hospital outcomes or outcomes after discharge. CONCLUSIONS Early cardiac surgery may be associated with more favorable clinical outcomes in patients with preoperative neurologic complications. Thus, preoperative neurologic complications should not delay surgical interventions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sing-Siou Tsai
- Department of Education, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research and Development, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan; Center for Big Data Analytics and Statistics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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