Clinical Study
Surgical Treatment in Active Infective Endocarditis: Results of a Four-Year Experience
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of patients included in the study.
| | | | Mean age (±SD) |
| Overall | no | 80 | 59.5 ± 16.1 | Men | no | 50 | 57.3 ± 15.8 | Women | no | 30 | 63.1 ± 16.8 |
| Type of valve involvement | | | no | Native valve endocarditis | | | 50 | Prosthetic valve endocarditis | | | 30 |
| Valve involved | | | no | Mitral | | | 28 | Aorta | | | 38 | Tricuspid | | | 4 | Mitral + aorta | | | 10 |
| NYHA Class | | | no | IV | | | 21 | III | | | 23 | II | | | 14 | I | | | 22 |
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