Tatjana Lejko-Zupanc

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the clinical characteristics and outcome of cardiac device infective endocarditis (CDIE) with attention to its health care association and evaluate the association between device removal during index hospitalization and outcome.

TL;DR: The ICE-PCS database offers a unique opportunity to evaluate the epidemiology, characteristics, and outcome of endocarditis due to non-HACEK gram-negative bacilli in a large, contemporary, and international cohort of well-characterized patients withendocarditis.

TL;DR: Among patients with CDIE, the rate of concomitant valve infection is high, as is mortality, particularly if there is valve involvement, and early device removal is associated with improved survival at 1 year.

TL;DR: In this prospective, multinational cohort of patients with S. aureus PVIE, EVS was not associated with reduced 1-year mortality, and the decision to pursue EVS should be individualized for each patient, based upon infection-specific characteristics rather than solely upon the microbiology of the infection causing PVIE.