Infective endocarditis in patients with bicuspid aortic valve: Clinical characteristics, complications, and prognosis.

Introduction: Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most frequent congenital cardiac disease. It is associated to a higher risk of cardiovascular complications, including infective endocarditis (IE).

Methods: Retrospective, observational and single centre study that included all patients with IE diagnosed between 1996 and 2014.

Influence of a multidisciplinary alert strategy on mortality due to left-sided infective endocarditis.

Introduction And Objectives: Mortality from left-sided infective endocarditis remains very high. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of a multidisciplinary alert strategy (AMULTEI), based on clinical, echocardiographic and microbiological findings, implemented in 2008 in a tertiary hospital.

Methods: Cohort study comparing our historical data series (1996-2007) with the number of patients diagnosed with left-sided endocarditis from 2008-2011 (AMULTEI).