Prognostic factors of mortality after surgery in infective endocarditis: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Laura Varela BarcaEnrique Navas ElorzaNuria Fernández-HidalgoJose Luis Moya MurAlfonso Muriel GarcíaB M Fernández-FelixJavier Miguelena HyckaJorge Rodríguez-RodaJose López-MenéndezPublished in: Infection (2019)
After a systematic review, we identified 11 preoperative factors related to an increased postoperative mortality. The meta-analysis of each of these factors showed a significant association with an increased in-hospital mortality after surgery for active infective endocarditis. Graph summary of the Pooled Odds Ratios of the 11 preoperative factors analyzed after the systematic review and meta-analysis.