• The specific situation of the patient. Unless otherwise provided for by national regulations,
off-label use of medication should be limited to situations where it is in the patient's interest …

Background Systematic reviews of studies of clinical prediction models are becoming
increasingly abundant in the literature. Data extraction and risk of bias assessment are …

• The specific situation of the patient. Unless otherwise provided for by national regulations,
off-label use of medication should be limited to situations where it is in the patient's interest …

Purpose There is a lack of consensus about which endocarditis-specific preoperative
characteristics have an actual impact over postoperative mortality. Our objective was the …

Background There are several prognostic models to estimate the risk of mortality after
surgery for active infective endocarditis (IE). However, these models incorporate different …

OBJECTIVES The primary objective was to externally validate EuroSCORE I and II in
surgically treated endocarditis patients. The secondary objective was to assess the …

Objectives Cardiac surgery is a life-saving procedure in patients diagnosed with infective
endocarditis (IE). There are several validated risk scores developed to predict early …

OBJECTIVES Several risk prediction models have been developed to estimate the risk of
mortality after valve surgery for active infective endocarditis (IE), but few external validations …

Background Older age, renal dysfunction and low left ventricular ejection fraction are
accepted predictors of poor outcome in patients with infective endocarditis (IE). This study …

Background Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious albeit relatively infrequent disease. Given
the paucity of cases, particularly in non-referral centres, patient registries have progressively …