Infective endocarditis in patients receiving chronic hemodialysis: clinical features and outcome.

Background And Aim Of The Study: Patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis are at increased risk of infective endocarditis (IE), and mortality is high in this group. The study aim was to determine clinical features and outcome of IE in patients with chronic renal failure and receiving hemodialysis.

Methods: Between 1987 and 2002, all consecutive patients with infective endocarditis treated at the authors' institution who were not intravenous drug abusers were selected prospectively.