Table 1.
Neurologic complications of IE and outcome in nine series
| Author, yr (reference) Setting, country |
No. of IE | Patients with CNS complications, n (%) | Embolic events, n, (%) | Overall mortality (%) | Mortality of patients with CNS complications (%) | Cardiac surgery in patients with CNS complications, n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salgado, 1989 [47] |
175 | 64 (36.5) | 27 (42) | 13.6 | 20.6 | NR |
| One institution USA | ||||||
| Roder, 1997 [40] |
260 | 91 (35) | 56 | 74 | 81 (89) | |
| 63 hospitals, Denmark | ||||||
| Heiro, 2000 [3] |
218 | 55 (25) | 23 (42) | 14 | 24 | 15 (27) |
| One institution Finland | ||||||
| Anderson, 2003 [16] |
707 | 68 (9.6) | 49 (72) | NR | 52 (1-yr) | 13 (19) |
| One referral center USA | ||||||
| Mourvillier, 2004 [7] |
228 | 84 (37) | 31 (37) | 45 (in-hospital) | 57 | 104 (46) |
| 2 referral centers | ||||||
| France | ||||||
| Ruttmann, 2006 [30] |
214 | 65 (30) | 61 (94) | 21 | 17 (median follow-up: 5.9 yr) | 65 (100) |
| Cardiac surgery | ||||||
| Austria | ||||||
| Corral, 2007 [42] |
550 | 71 (13) | 42 (60) | 11 | 34 | 26 (41) |
| One institution | ||||||
| Spain | ||||||
| Thuny, 2007 [8] |
496 | 109 (22) | 80 (73) | 16 (6-mo) | 22 (6-mo) | 63 (58) |
| 2 referral centers | 19 (1-yr) | 25 (1-yr) | ||||
| France | 31 (5-yr) | 38 (5-yr) | ||||
| Sonneville, 2011 [13] |
198 | 108 (55) | 79 (73) | 57 (3-mo) | 58 (3-mo) | 53 (49) |
| 23 ICUs | ||||||
| France | ||||||
NR, not reported.