RESEARCH OF SHORT-TERM AND MID-TERM KEY EVENTS OF ENDOCARDITIS

Thị Hoài Thu Lê, Thị Thanh Huyền Trần, Thanh Tuấn Đỗ

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Objective: To determine the rate of short-term, and one-year, major events in patients with infective endocarditis prosthetic valve: heart failure, cerebrovascular accident, reoperation, and death. Methods: A case cluster descriptive study was
performed on 64 patients with complete medical records of infectious endocarditis with prosthetic valve diagnosed according to histopathological criteria or revised DUKE criteria at Vietnam Heart Institute, Hanoi Heart Hospital from January 2014 to June 2022. Results: A descriptive study of 64 patients hospitalized for VTE, we draw the following conclusions. : the rates of short-term and 1-year heart failure are: 67.2% and 17.6%, the short-term and 1-year rates of cerebrovascular accident are: 6.4% and 3.9%. There were 53.1% of patients indicated for re-surgery and 35.9% of patients had surgery. Rate of re-surgery within 1 year after discharge: 17.6%. The short-term and 1-year mortality rates after hospital discharge were 20.3%, and 17.6%, respectively. Conclusion: the main short-term, and one-year events in patients with infective endocarditis prosthetic valve: heart failure (67.2% and 17.6%), cerebrovascular accident (6.4% and 3.9%), reoperation (35.9% and 17.6%), mortality (20.3%, and 17.6% respectively).

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