30 Severe aortic stenosis management in a tertiary cardiac centre

Abstract

hospital stay was not diffirent between the two groups with a mean of days of hospitalization of 27 days . However in-hos-pital mortality rates were higher in culture-negative versus cul-ture-positive patients (15% vs 11% mortality rate) . as for comlication rates Severe sepsis and vascular comlication (stroke , splenic infarction ) were higher in the negative culture group with 7.9 % vs 3.1% in the positive culture groupe p< 0.05. Conclusions Culture-negative endocarditis patients presented with lower levels of C-reactive protein at admission and required less time for hospital admission, however presented a higher rate of in-hospital mortality and complications compared to culture-positive endocarditis patients.