Table 2. Summary of infective endocarditis treatment and outcome.
CVA: Cerebrovascular accident; LVOT: Left ventricular outflow tract; PPM: Permanent pacemaker.
| First author (year) [Ref. No.] | Vegetation size on echocardiography | CVA severity | Medical treatment (Y/N) | Penicillin resistance (Y/N) | Surgical intervention (Y/N) | Required valve replacement | Outcome |
| Htoo Kyaw (2016) [11] | Vegetation on anterior and posterior mitral valve leaflets | Aphasia and right-sided hemiplegia | Y | N | Y | Y | Recovered |
| Hossein Schandiz (2015)[20] | Massive vegetation on mitral valve | Not mentioned: presented as syncope | N | Y | N (planned) | N | Died before surgery |
| Manova David (2015) [10] | 7 mm on anterior leaflets and 15 mm on posterior leaflet of mitral valve | Dysarthria and left-sided hemiparesis | Y | N | Y | Y | Recovered |
| Jose Kuzhively (2014) [9] | 15.5 x 11.1 mm on the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve | Right hemiplegia and facial palsy | Y | N | N | N | Recovered |
| Wei-Chi Tsai (2013) [15] | Aortic valve vegetation with perivalvular abscess | Right internuclear ophthalmoplegia | Y | N | N (planned) | N | Died before surgery |
| Federico Pacei (2013) [6] | Not mentioned | Quadriplegia | Y | N | N | N | Recovered |
| Rosaria Pecoraro (2012) [5] | 10.3 x 16.6 mm on anterior mitral valve leaflet | Right leg weakness | Y | N | Y | Y | Recovered |
| Kalliopi-Stavroula Chatzigeorgiou (2010)[21] | 18 x 22 mm at LVOT/7 x 16 mm on PPM leads and small vegetation on tricuspid valve | Dysarthria and facial nerve paresis | Y/Y | N/N | Y/N (only removal of PPM wires) | N/N | Recovered (died 5 years later with calciphylaxis)/Recovered |
| Asmaa Tamdy (2010)[14] | 17 x 5 mm on the anterior mitral valve with small vegetation on both leaflets of mitral valve | Right hemiplegia and aphasia | Y | N | N (planned) | N (planned) | Died before surgery |
| Yeun Tarl Fresner Ng Jao (2010) [16] | Not mentioned | Right hemiparesis | Y | N | Y | Y | Died |
| Khaled E. Alebrahim (2007) [17] | 7 x 8 mm on anterior and 3 x 6 mm posterior leaflets of mitral valve | Right hemiparesis and aphasia | Y | N | Y | Y | Recovered |
| S. Gianella (2006) [7] | 12 x 4 mm on the bicuspid aortic valve | Right hemiparesis and aphasia | Y | N | Y | Y | Recovered |
| M Rodríguez-Gascón (2003) [18] | 3 x 3 cm vegetation on mitral valve | Left hemiparesis | Y | N | N | N | Recovered |
| A. Sánchez (2000) [19] | Not mentioned | Generalized weakness | Y | N | Y | Y | Recovered |
| Susan J. Burgert (1999) [8] | 5 mm perforation with multiple vegetations on aortic valve | Dysarthria, aphasia and right hemiparesis | Y | N | Y | Y | Recovered |
| T. W. Koh (1996) [12] | Vegetation on posterior leaflets of the mitral valve | Dysphasia and right facial weakness | Y | N | Y | Y | Recovered |
| B Walsh and JP Mounsey ( 1990) [13] | Not mentioned | Right-hand weakness | Y | N | Y | Y | Recovered |