Table 1.
Baseline population characteristics.
| General characteristics | |
| Age (years) | 71.9 ± 12.1 |
| Gender (male) | 43 (79.6) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.9 ± 6.9 |
| Systemic hypertension | 37 (68.5) |
| Diabetes mellitus on insulin | 6 (11.1) |
| Glycated hemoglobin (%) | 5.9 [0.92] |
| Glomerular filtration rate (mL/min) | 68.3 ± 33.9 |
| EuroSCORE II (%) | 15.0 ± 10.9 |
| Clinical presentation | |
| Cardiogenic shock | 3 (5.6) |
| AV conduction disorder | 8 (14.81) |
| Splenic abscess | 7 (13.0) |
| Persistent infection | 27 (50) |
| Cerebral embolism | 16 (30) |
| Echocardiographic findings | |
| Large vegetation (>10 mm) | 29 (53.7) |
| Annular abscess | 31 (57.4) |
| Aortic fistula | 2 (3.7) |
| sPAP (mmHg) | 31.1 ± 8.7 |
| LVEF (%) | 57.2 ±7.2 |
| Biological findings | |
| Blood hemoglobin (mg/dL) | 10.4 ± 1.7 |
| Serum C-reactive protein (ng/dL) | 148.5 ± 112.4 |
| Serum pro-calcitonin (ng/dL) | 1.4 ± 2.4 |
| Microbiological findings | |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 12 (22.2) |
| Staphylococcaceae (excluded aureus) | 5 (9.3) |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 6 (11.1) |
| Streptococcaceae | 18 (33.3) |
| Others | 9 (16.6) |
| Negative cultures (not identified) | 4 (7.5) |
Values are expressed in mean ± standard deviation, median [interquartile], or frequency (percentage). BMI: body max index; AV: atrioventricular; sPAP: systolic pulmonary artery pression; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction.