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Table 1 Patient preoperative demographics

From: Surgical treatment of infective endocarditis in active intravenous drug users: a justified procedure?

 

90-d survivors

90-d non-survivors

p-value

Age (yrs)

35.1 ± 7.7

34.5 ± 10.6

0.926

Female

6 (33.3%)

1 (50%)

0.639

BMI

23.8 ± 4.7

23.1 ± 0.42

0.851

Diabetes mellitus

1 (5.6%)

0

0.732

NYHA stage

3.28 ± 0.9

4.0 ± 0

0.005

Renal insufficiency

5 (33.3%)

1 (50%)

0.199

Hepatitis B

11 (73.3%)

1 (50%)

0.496

HIV

1 (5.6%)

1 (50%)

0.047

Previous CVA

1 (5.6%)

0

0.732

Vegetation

15 (93.8%)

2 (100%)

0.716

Previous endocarditis

1 (5.6%)

0

0.732

GFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)

89.2 ± 43.2

82.5 ± 82.7

0.848

Creatinine (mg/dL)

1.9 ± 2.4

2.3 ± 2.1

0.855

Urea (mg/dL)

73.1 ± 60.4

73.5 ± 51.6

0.992

GGT (U/L)

88.4 ± 69.7

18.5 ± 0.7

0.186

ALT (U/L)

57.9 ± 43.6

10.5 ± 0.7

0.154

AST (U/L)

107.6 ± 121.3

258.5 ± 334.5

0.182

Bilirubin (mg/dL)

1.62 ± 3.05

0.6 ± 0.35

0.636

Patient’s preoperative blood culture profile

  

0.504

Negative (marantic endocarditis)

4 (22.2%)

0

 

Staphylococcus aureus

6 (33.3%)

2 (100%)

 

Enterococcus

2 (11.1%)

0

 

Coagulase negative Staphylococcus

2 (11.1%)

0

 

Streptococcus species

4 (22.2%)

0

 

EuroSCORE II

6.89 ± 3.35

11.04 ± 3.35

0.036

  1. BMI, body mass index; NYHA, New York Heart Association; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; CVA, cerebrovascular event; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; GGT, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, Aspartate transaminase.