Residual vegetation after treatment for left-sided infective endocarditis and subsequent risk of stroke and recurrence of endocarditis.

Background: Little is known about the subsequent risk of stroke and recurrence of IE for patients surviving infective endocarditis (IE) with a residual vegetation at discharge.

Methods: Patients were consecutively included in the East Danish Endocarditis Registry from 2002 to 2012. We included patients undergoing medical treatment only during IE admission who were discharged alive.