%0 Journal Article
%A Perez-Rivera, Jose-Angel
%A Armiñanzas, Carlos
%A Muñoz, Patricia
%A Kestler, Martha
%A Pinilla, Blanca
%A Fariñas, Maria-Carmen
%A Alvarez-Rodriguez, Ignacio
%A Cuervo, Guillermo
%A Rodriguez-Esteban, Angeles
%A de Alarcón, Aristides
%A Gutiérrez-Villanueva, Andrea
%A Pello-Lazaro, Ana
%A Martínez Sellés, Manuel
%A On Behalf Of The Spanish Collaboration On Endocarditis-Grupo de Apoyo Al Manejo de la Endocarditis Infecciosa En ESpaña Games,
%T Comorbidity and Prognosis in Octogenarians with Infective Endocarditis.
%D 2022
%@ 2077-0383
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10668/21310
%X Background. Infective endocarditis (IE) in older patients is associated with a high morbidity, mortality, and functional impairment. The purpose of this study was to describe the current profile of IE in octogenarians and to analyze the prognostic impact of baseline comorbidities in this population. Methods. Patients ≥ 80 years and definite IE from the Spanish IE Prospective Database were included. The effect of Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) on in-hospital and 12-month mortality was analyzed. Results. From 726 patients, 357 (49%) had CCI ≥ 3 and 369 (51%) CCI
%K Charlson index
%K age
%K comorbidity
%K endocarditis
%K surgery
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