Table 1

Number of IE episodes according to main congenital heart lesion

DiagnosisNumber of episodes (%)
Left ventricular outflow tract disease44 (26.8)
Shunt42 (25.6)
Tetralogy of Fallot/pulmonary atresia36 (22.0)
TGA20 (12.2)
Complex CHD7 (4.3)
Single ventricle physiology6 (3.7)
Mitral valve disease3 (1.8)
Miscellaneous6 (3.7)
  • Complex CHD: Eisenmenger syndrome, truncus arteriosus, Ebstein’s anomaly; Miscellaneous: double chambered right ventricle, sinus of Valsalva aneurysm, Marfan syndrome; Shunts: ventricular septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, atrioventricular septal defect; TGA: transposition of the great arteries and congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries.

  • CHD, congenital heart disease; IE, infective endocarditis.