Risk of Embolism and Death in Infective Endocarditis: Prognostic Value of Echocardiography: A Prospective Multicenter Study

By F. Thuny, G. DiSalvo, O. Belliard, J. Aviérinos, Valeria Pergola, V. Rosenberg, J. Casalta, J. Gouvernet, G. Derumeaux, D. Iarussi and 11 more. Circulation, 2005

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Subfields: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Citations in the corpus

• Guidelines for the Primary Prevention of Stroke (2011, positive): “The risk of embolic stroke is associated with the size of the vegetation, involvement of the mitral valve, and infection by Staphylococcus aureus.(475,476,479) Anticoagulant therapy does not reduce the risk of embolic stroke and may increase the risk of cerebral hemorrhage.”
• Infective Endocarditis in Adults: Diagnosis, Antimicrobial Therapy, and Management of Complications: A Scientific Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association (2015, background): “02) in multivariable analysis.(281) The role of echocardiography in predicting embolic events has been controversial.”