Severity of anaemia and association with all-cause mortality in patients with medically managed left-sided endocarditis.
Mia Marie Pries-HejeRasmus Bo HasselbalchChristoffer WiingaardEmil Loldrup FosbølAndreas Birkedal GlenthøjNikolaj IhlemannSabine Ute Alice GillUlrik ChristiansenHanne ElmingNiels Eske BruunJonas Agerlund PovlsenJannik Helweg-LarsenMartin SchultzLauge ØstergaardKurt FurstedJens Jørgen ChristensenFlemming RosenvingeLars KøberNiels TønderClaus MoserKasper IversenHenning BundgaardPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2021)
Moderate to severe anaemia was present in 29% of patients with medically treated IE after stabilisation of infection and was independently associated with higher mortality within the following 3 years. Further investigations are warranted to determine whether intensified treatment of anaemia in patients with IE might improve outcome.