Table 1 Descriptive data of IE-patients admitted to the Karolinska University Hospital (KUH) from 2008 to 2017
All patients n (%) | 492 (100) |
Women | 161 (33) |
Men | 331 (67) |
Age, mean (± SD); medians (25th and 75th percentiles) | 57.1 (18.4); 57 (44.5, 72) |
Predisposing factors | |
History of IV drug abuse | 156 (32) |
Bicuspid aortic valve | 18 (4) |
vProsthetic valve | 92 (19) |
CIED | 50 (10) |
Rheumatic heart disease | 2 (0) |
Congenital heart disease | 7 (1) |
History of IE | 78 (16) |
Known valvular disease | 75 (15) |
Heart failure before or under IE treatment | 60 (12) |
Clinical characteristics | |
Fever | 432 (88) |
Vascular phenomena | 210 (43) |
New heart murmur | 77 (16) |