Surgical Treatment in Active Infective Endocarditis: Results of a Four-Year Experience

Table 4

In-hospital outcome in relation to demographic, hemodynamic, echocardiographic, and clinical and laboratory parameters.

Parameter	Patients discharged alive	Patients died after surgery during hospitalization	t	P
	(70)	(8)
Age (years)	58.1 ± 16.3	69.7 ± 10	2.194	.03
Heart rate (bpm)	87 ± 19	105 ± 20	2.67	.009
Systolic heart pressure (mmHg)	127 ± 22	130 ± 23	0.384	.710
Diastolic heart pressure (mmHg)	67 ±16	71 ± 16	0.69	.492
LV Ejection Fraction (%)			X ^2
>50%	57	1	26.6	<.0001
35–50%	12	4
<35%	1	3
Aortic regurgitation			X ^2
3+-4+	31	2	1,37	.50
<2+	22	4
0	17	2
Mitral regurgitation			X ^2
3+-4+	30	3	0.08	.95
<2+	24	3
0	16	2
Temperature °C			X ^2
>38	12	5	9,93	.007
37-38	31	3
<37	27	0
Total WBC/mm3			X ^2
>15,000	6	5	21.4	<.001
10,000–15,000	15	3
<10,000	49	0
Hemoglobin g/dl			X ^2
<10	22	6	6.8	.04
10–12	22	2
>12	26	0
Creatinine mg/dl			X ^2
>2	7	1	20.33	<.001
1.5–2	5	5
<1.5	58	2
C-reactive protein (mg/l)			Fisher ex	n.s.
>10	23	3	text
<10	47	5	1.0