Table 1. Baseline characteristics and demographic information.
IE: Infective endocarditis; IV: Intravenous; TTE: Trans-thoracic echocardiogram; URI: Upper respiratory tract infection; LV: Left ventricle; PPM: Permanent pacemaker.
| First author (year) [Ref. No.] | Total patients | Age (Years) | Sex (M/F) | IV Drug abuse history | Previous IE history | Portal of entry | Location of IE | Type of valve | Vegetation TTE (Y/N) |
| Htoo Kyaw (2016) [11] | 1 | 63 | 1/0 | Not-mentioned | None | Unknown | Mitral valve | Native mitral valve | Y |
| Hossein Schandiz (2015) [20] | 1 | 56 | 1/0 | Not-mentioned | None | Vasectomy | Mitral valve | Native mitral valve | N (autopsy finding) |
| Manova David (2015) [10] | 1 | 36 | 1/0 | Not-mentioned | None | Vasectomy | Mitral valve | Native mitral valve | Y |
| Jose Kuzhively (2014) [9] | 1 | 61 | 1/0 | Polysubstance abuse | None | Spinal fracture fixation | Mitral valve anterior leaflet | Native mitral valve | Y |
| Wei-Chi Tsai (2013) [15] | 1 | 48 | 1/0 | Not-mentioned | None | Femoral catheterization | Aortic valve | Native aortic valve | Y |
| Federico Pacei (2013) [6] | 1 | 77 | 1/0 | Not-mentioned | None | Mechanical valve replacement for AS and CABG | Mechanical aortic valve | Mechanical aortic valve | Y |
| Rosaria Pecoraro (2012) [5] | 1 | 18 | 0/1 | Not-mentioned | None | Not-mentioned | Anterior mitral valve leaflets | Native mitral valve | Y |
| Kalliopi-Stavroula Chatzigeorgiou (2010) [21] | 2 | 67.5 | 0/2 | Not-mentioned | None | Not-mentioned | LV outflow/PPM lead with Tricuspid valve | Prostatic aortic valve / native tricuspid valve with PPM | Y |
| Asmaa Tamdy (2010) [14] | 1 | 17 | 0/1 | Not-mentioned | None | Not-mentioned | Mitral valve | Native mitral valve | Y |
| Yeun Tarl Fresner Ng Jao (2010) [16] | 1 | 44 | 1/0 | Not-mentioned | None | Pneumonia | Mitral and aortic valve | Native mitral and aortic valve | Y |
| Khaled E. Alebrahim (2007) [17] | 1 | 13 | 1/0 | Not-mentioned | None | Not-mentioned | Mitral valve | Native mitral valve | Y |
| S. Gianella (2006) [7] | 1 | 49 | 0/1 | Not-mentioned | None | Not-mentioned | Bicuspid aortic valve | Native bicuspid aortic valve | Y |
| M Rodríguez-Gascón (2003) [18] | 1 | 77 | 0/1 | Not-mentioned | None | Valvular surgery/URI | Mitral valve | Native mitral valve | Y |
| A. Sánchez (2000) [19] | 1 | 71 | 0/1 | Not-mentioned | None | Not-mentioned | Aortic valve | Native aortic valve | Y |
| Susan J. Burgert (1999) [8] | 1 | 33 | 1/0 | Not-mentioned | None | Not-mentioned | Bicuspid aortic valve | Native bicuspid aortic valve | Y |
| T. W. Koh (1996) [12] | 1 | 52 | 0/1 | Not-mentioned | None | Not-mentioned | Mitral valve | Native mitral valve | Y |
| B Walsh and JP Mounsey (1990) [13] | 1 | 32 | 1/0 | Not-mentioned | None | Vasectomy | Aortic valve | Native aortic valve | N |