Table 1 Demographic, clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of 363 patients with IE

Age (years), mean ± SD

65 ± 15

Gender (women), n (%)

123 (34)

BMI, mean ± SD

25.0 ± 4.1

Renal failure, n (%)

96 (26)

 Mild n (%)

41 (43)

 Moderate n (%)

34 (35)

 Severe n (%)

14 (15)

 On dialysis n (%)

7 (7)

Arterial hypertension, n (%)

212 (59)

Previous malignancies, n (%)

79 (22)

Drug abuse, n (%)

43 (12)

Diabetes, n (%)

68 (18)

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

109 (30)

Pacemaker, n (%)

41 (11)

Oral anticoagulant therapy, n (%)

91 (25)

Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of 363 episodes of IE

Prosthetic valve, n (%)

132 (36)

First episode of IE, n (%)

330 (90)

Systemic embolism, n (%)

141 (39)

Cerebral embolism, n (%)

67 (47)

Perivalvular extension, n (%)

84 (23)

Severe valvular dysfunction, n (%)

172 (47)

Vegetation length (mm), mean ± SD

9.1 ± 7.6

Ejection Fraction (%), mean ± SD

56.7 ± 10.0

TAPSE (mm), mean ± SD

20.8 ± 5.6

Euroscore II

12.4 ± 16.5