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Infective endocarditis in elderly and very elderly patients

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Abstract

Aims

To compare the clinical and epidemiological characteristics and the evolution of infective endocarditis in adults aged under 65 years, 65–79 years, and 80 years or older.

Methods

An observational retrospective cohort study in patients with infective endocarditis was performed in a public hospital in Spain from January 2013 to December 2017.

Results

Seventy-two patients were treated: 26 (36.1%) were under 65 years old, 28 (38.9%) were 65–79 years old, and 18 (25%) were aged 80 or older. Prosthetic valve endocarditis was less common in patients aged 65–79 years (3.6%) than in younger (23.1%; p = 0.047) or older (38.9%; p = 0.004) patients. In contrast, degenerative heart disease was more prevalent in the 65–79 year age group [64.3% compared to 15.4% (p < 0.001) in the youngest group, and 33.3% (p = 0.04) in the oldest]. Surgical interventions were similar in patients aged 65–79 (50%) and under 65 years (42.3%), but less common in people over 80 years (16.7%; p = 0.022).

Conclusions

The characteristics of infective endocarditis are different in patients aged 65–79 years and in those over 80 years.

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Acknowledgements

We thank the staff at the Infectious Diseases Unit, the Cardiology Service and the Cardiac Surgery Service for their participation in caring for the patients. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Meggan Harris in translating our manuscript from Spanish.

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The authors did not receive funding for this study.

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  1. Internal Medicine Service, General University Hospital of Alicante, Calle Pintor Baeza 12, 03010, Alicante, Spain

    Marouane Menchi-Elanzi, José M. Ramos-Rincón, Vicente Boix & Joaquín Portilla-Sogorb

  2. Infectious Diseases Unit, General University Hospital of Alicante, Calle Pintor Baeza 12, 03010, Alicante, Spain

    Esperanza Merino-Lucas, Sergio Reus-Bañuls, Diego Torrús-Tendero & Joaquín Portilla-Sogorb

  3. Cardiology Service, General University Hospital of Alicante, Calle Pintor Baeza 12, 03010, Alicante, Spain

    Vicente Clíment-Paya

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Contributions

MME: data collection, data analysis, manuscript writing, and final manuscript approval. JMRR: study conception, study, design, data analysis, manuscript writing, and final manuscript approval. EML: data collection, data analysis, manuscript writing, and final manuscript approval. SEB: data collection, data analysis, and final manuscript approval. DTT: data collection, data analysis, and final manuscript approval. VCP: data collection, data analysis, and final manuscript approval. VB: manuscript writing and final manuscript approval. JPS: study conception, study design, data collection, data analysis, manuscript writing, and final manuscript approval.

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Correspondence to José M. Ramos-Rincón.

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All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Ethical Committee of the General University Hospital of Alicante (CEIm PI 2018/105) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration. The study was not conducted with animals.

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Menchi-Elanzi, M., Ramos-Rincón, J.M., Merino-Lucas, E. et al. Infective endocarditis in elderly and very elderly patients. Aging Clin Exp Res 32, 1383–1388 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-019-01314-3

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