Infective endocarditis in the Pacific: clinical characteristics, treatment and long-term outcomes.

Introduction: Data on clinical characteristics and outcomes of infective endocarditis (IE) in the Pacific are scarce.

Methods: Retrospective hospital-based study in New Caledonia, a high-income country, on patients aged over 18 years with definite IE according to the modified Duke criteria (2005-2010).

Results: 51 patients were included: 31 (60.