Infective Endocarditis in Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 77; no. 13; pp. 1629 - 1640
• Main Authors: Pericàs, Juan M, Llopis, Jaume, Jiménez-Exposito, Maria Jesús, Kourany, Wissam M, Almirante, Benito, Carosi, Giampiero, Durante-Mangoni, Emanuele, Fortes, Claudio Querido, Giannitsioti, Efthymia, Lerakis, Stamatios, Montagna-Mella, Rodrigo, Ambrosioni, Juan, Tan, Ru-San, Mestres, Carlos A, Wray, Dannah, Pachirat, Orathai, Moreno, Asuncion, Chu, Vivian H, de Lazzari, Elisa, Fowler, Jr, Vance G, Miró, Jose M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier 06.04.2021
• Subjects: Human health and pathology; Life Sciences; Microbiology and Parasitology; hemodialysis; cardiac surgery; infective endocarditis; relapses; Staphylococcus aureus; enterococci

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a common and serious complication in patients receiving chronic hemodialysis (HD). This study sought to investigate whether there are significant differences in complications, cardiac surgery, relapses, and mortality between IE cases in HD and non-HD patients. Prospect...