Socio-Economic Variations Determine the Clinical Presentation, Aetiology and Outcome of Infective Endocarditis: a Prospective Cohort Study from the ESC-EORP EURO-ENDO (European Infective Endocarditis) Registry.


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Sengupta S. P., Prendergast B., Laroche C., Furnaz S., Ronderos R., Almaghraby A., ...More

European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes, vol.9, pp.85-96, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, ESCI, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Background Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening disease associated with high mortality and morbidity worldwide. We sought to determine how socio-economic factors might influence its epidemiology, clinical presentation, investigation and management, and outcome, in a large international multi-centre registry.