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Review Article | Volume 25 Issue 1 (, 2019) | Pages 72 - 74
Not So EASE-Y: How Often do Hospitalized Infective Endocarditis Patients Meet Criteria for Early Surgery?
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Tufts University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, MA.
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Division of Academic Affairs, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA.
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Center for Quality of Care Research, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, USA.
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PMID : -27989088
Published
Jan. 12, 2016
Abstract

Infective endocarditis (IE) has historically caused significant morbidity and mortality. Valve surgery reduces systemic embolization and mortality, but the optimal timing is controversial. The EASE (Early Surgery Versus Conventional Treatment for Infective Endocarditis) trial, which employed strict inclusion and exclusion criteria, showed that early surgery could reduce the risk of embolic events for a subset of patients. The aim of the present study was to determine the proportion of adult IE patients seen in usual clinical practice at a single tertiary medical center that would meet EASE enrollment criteria. Over a four-year period, only 10 of 88 patients (11.3%) were found to meet EASE enrollment criteria. These results have important research implications, and highlight the differences between populations of patients used in clinical trials and patients seen in practice.

 

 

 

How to cite: Amin Kashef, M., Atreya, A. R., Hernandez-Montfort, J., Frideric, J., & Lagu, T. (2016). Not So EASE-Y: How Often do Hospitalized Infective Endocarditis Patients Meet Criteria for Early Surgery?. The Journal of heart valve disease25(1), 72–74.

 
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