The epidemiology of infective endocarditis with focus on non-device related right-sided infective endocarditis: A retrospective register-based study in the region of Southern Denmark.

Aims: Non-device related right-sided infective endocarditis (ND-RSIE) is not well characterized. We aimed to characterize patients with infective endocarditis (IE) with emphasis on the epidemiology, clinical characteristics and complications of ND-RSIE.

Methods: In this population-based cohort study, we identified patients with IE using ICD-10 codes from the Danish National Hospital Register in the Region of Southern Denmark between January 2007 and May 2017.