Infective Endocarditis: Predictive Factors for Diagnosis and Mortality in Surgically Treated Patients.
Jing LiTamara RuegamerChristoph BrochhausenKarin MenhartAndreas HiergeistLukas KraemerDirk HellwigLars S MaierChristof SchmidJonathan JantschChristian SchachPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular development and disease (2022)
If diagnostic standard tools remain inconclusive, we suggest employing novel cut-off values to increase diagnostic accuracy and accelerate diagnosis. Patients with embolism or elevated NT-proBNP deserve a closer follow-up.