Short-term and one-year outcome of infective endocarditis in adult patients treated in a Finnish teaching hospital during 1980-2004.

At 6 months, the difference still seemed to exist, but did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.061).

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A significant trend was observed between the level of serum C-reactive protein (CRP) on admission and both the short-term and 1-year outcome.

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Some authors report a decreasing trend in mortality, and this has been attributed either to lower operative mortality [ 7 ], or technically more successful early valve surgery [ 6 ].

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The association between the requirement for surgery and heart failure was highly significant and, in addition, peripheral emboli were more common in patients who needed surgical treatment, although the association was significant only at the time point of 3 months.

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