Clinical profile, microbiology and outcomes in infective endocarditis treated with aortic valve replacement: a multicenter case-control study.

When long-term mortality was assessed at total follow-up of maximum 16 years in the same multivariate Cox regression model, the prognostic impact of IE somehow attenuated, but remained highly significant (HR 1.73, [1.29–2.32], p < 0.001).

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