Table 3 Operation in patients with surgical indications for infective endocarditis
Unmatched cohort (n = 192) | Propensity matched cohort (n = 92) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cardiac surgery, N = 125 | No surgery, N = 67 | p | Cardiac surgery, N = 46 | No surgery, N = 46 | p | |
Cardiac surgery | ||||||
Indication for cardiac surgery, n (%)* | < 0.001 | 0.79 | ||||
1 Heart failure | 70 (56%) | 17 (25.4%) | 18 (39.9%) | 16 (36.4%) | ||
- Severe acute regurgitation | 46 | 12 | 10 | 11 | ||
- Cardiogenic shock | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
- Pulmonary edema | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
2 Uncontrolled infection | 22 (17.6%) | 8 (11.9%) | 6 (13.6%) | 7 (15.9%) | ||
3 Prevention of embolism | 33 (26.4%) | 42 (62.7%) | 20 (45.5%) | 21 (47.7%) | ||
Surgical timing, n (%) | ||||||
- Emergency | 63 (50.4%) | 17 (25.4%) | < 0.001 | 17 (38.6%) | 16 (36.4%) | 1.0 |
- Urgent | 60 (48.0%) | 48 (71.6%) | 26 (59.1%) | 27 61.4%) | ||
- Elective | 2 (1.6%) | 2 (2.9%) | 1 (2.3%) | 1 (2.3%) | ||
Actual surgical timing, n (%) | ||||||
- Emergency | 20 (16.0%) | – | – | 5 (11.4%) | – | – |
- Urgent | 74 (59.2%) | – | – | 23 (52.3%) | – | – |
- Elective | 31 (24.8%) | – | – | 16 (36.4%) | – | – |
Delayed surgery, n (%) | 62 (49.6%) | – | – | 22 (50.0%) | – | |