Predicting the occurrence of embolic events: an analysis of 1456 episodes of infective endocarditis from the Italian Study on Endocarditis (SEI)

Table 5 Left-sided IE: 30-day probability (%) of embolic events per risk category

Time from start of therapy (d)	Low (0)	Intermediate(1)	High(2)
0	11.78	24.54	37.73
1	7.90	20.82	34.79
2	6.61	18.95	25.97
3	4.88	16.13	25.97
4	4.01	14.70	25.97
5	4.01	12.78	25.97
6	3.14	11.34	25.97
7	2.71	8.95	22.81
15	0.48	5.02	3.46
30	0.00	0.00	0.00

Note: numbers represent the probability (%) of embolism at the end of a given time interval. Time 0 values include embolic events occurred on the first calendar day of therapy; day 1 values represent the risk at the end of the first calendar day of therapy.

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