Main author |
No. of patients |
Duration of follow-up years |
Linearized rate of infection |
Actuarial freedom from infective endocarditis |
Pavie [6] |
675 |
5 |
|
98.2% for all patients, 97.8% for aortic, 99% for mitral, 100% for multiple valve replacements |
Duncan[27] (A) |
2720 |
6 |
|
97.3% for all patients, 97.4% for aortic valves, 97.6% for mitral valves, 96.3% for multiple valve replacement |
Ionescu[2] (B) |
1171 |
10 |
|
93.7% for all patients, 94.7% for aortic valves, 97.1% for mitral valves, 89.3% for multiple valve replacement |
Zhu [23] |
520 |
10 |
|
98% for all patients |
Revuelta [8] |
239 |
8 |
0.67% per patient year |
|
Garcia-Bengochea [7] |
248 |
8 |
0.78% per patient year |
|
Holden[17] (C) |
290 |
6 |
1.1% per patient year |
|
Bachet[26] (D) |
224 |
6 |
1.6% per patient year |
|