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Development and validation of a time-dependent risk model for predicting mortality in infective endocarditis
European Heart Journal, 04/02/09
Sy RW et al. – Prognostic factors in infective endocarditis (IE) are time-dependent. Time-dependent risk stratification accurately predicts outcome in IE.
Methods- Study of the potential of time-dependent risk stratification to predict outcome in IE
- Evaluation of 273 pts admitted with IE to two centers (derivation cohort 192 pts, validation cohort 81 pts)
- Derivation cohort used to identify independent predictors of 6 mo mortality at days 1, 8, and 15
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