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