Table 2

Clinical characteristics of patients requiring IE admission

CharacteristicsStatisticsAll IE admissions
AgeN14 722
Mean (SD)62.3 (19.9)
Median (min, max)67.0 (0, 103)
SexN14 731
Male, n (%)9734 (66.1)
Female, n (%)4997 (33.9)
Level of IE risk before admissionN14 731
High risk, n (%)3145 (21.3)
Moderate risk, n (%)2503 (17.0)
Low/unknown risk, n (%)9083 (61.7)
Reason for high-risk stratification*Previous IE, n (%)154 (4.9)
Previous IE - I38X, n (%)67 (2.1)
Replacement heart valve, n (%)2416 (76.8)
Repaired heart valve, n (%)311 (9.9)
Cyanotic congenital heart disease, n (%)150 (4.8)
Repaired congenital heart disease, n (%)3 (0.1)
Palliative shunt or conduit, n (%)37 (1.2)
Prosthetic heart/ventricular assist device, n (%)7 (0.2)
Reason for moderate-risk stratification*Previous rheumatic fever, n (%)808 (32.3)
Non-rheumatic valve disease, n (%)1571 (62.8)
Congenital valve anomalies, n (%)58 (2.3)
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, n (%)66 (2.6)
Admission dateN14 731
Min01 Apr 2010
Max28 Mar 2016
Discharge dateN14 297
Min6 April 2010
Max31 March 2016
Hospital length of stay (days)*N14 297
Mean (SD)33.0 (27.3)
Median (min, max)28 (0, 410)
Discharged alive?N14 275
No, n (%)2677 (18.8)
Yes, n (%)11 598 (81.2)
  • *Length of stay is from admission to discharge alive or until in hospital death. Although we excluded patients discharged alive with a length of stay <3 days, a length of stay <3 days is possible if the patient died within the first 3 days of the IE hospital admission.

  • IE, infective endocarditis.