Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics associated with the development of infective endocarditis in patients with significant mitral stenosis.
Jinghao Nicholas NgiamNicholas W S ChewMeng Ying SimTze Sian LiongTony Yi-Wei LiRyan LeowChing-Hui SiaPoay Huan LohRaymond Cc WongTiong-Cheng YeoKian Keong PohWilliam Kf KongPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2021)
IE occurs in a proportion of patients with MS. Smoking, younger age of diagnosis of MS as well as dilated left atria with elevated PASP may be associated with an elevated risk of this complication.