Risk Factors of Lancellotti et al for Systemic Embolization or Death in a Patient with Infective Endocarditis

 

Risk factors associated with increased mortality:

(1) systemic embolization

(2) echocardiographic evidence of a paravalvular abscess

(3) Staphylococcus aureus as the causative organism

(4) medical treatment only (no surgical therapy)

 

Risk factors for systemic embolization:

(1) total length of vegetations > 14 mm

(2) greater age (affected group had an age 61 +/- 3 years vs 51 +/- 4 for unaffected; an age >= 58 years will be used in the implementation)

(3) medical treatment only

 

total length of all vegetations =

= SUM(height of all vegetations present)