Variable | Total N = 300 | Surgery N = 182 | None surgery N = 118 | P |
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Positive echocardiographic results | ||||
Vegetation | 266 (88.7) | 157 (86.3) | 109 (91.6) | 0.103 |
Left heart | 193 (64.3) | 117 (64.3) | 76 (63.9) | 0.983 |
Only on aortic valve | 70 (23.3) | 42 (23.1) | 28 (23.5) | 0.896 |
Only on mitral valve | 101 (33.7) | 57 (31.3) | 44 (37.0) | 0.285 |
Aortic valve and mitral valve | 22 (7.3) | 18 (9.9) | 4 (3.4) | 0.035 |
Right heart | 58 (19.3) | 32 (17.6) | 26 (21.8) | 0.340 |
Only on tricuspid valve | 54 (18.0) | 29 (15.9) | 25 (21.0) | 0.247 |
Only on pulmonic valve | 4 (1.3) | 3 (1.6) | 1 (0.8) | 0.940 |
Left heart and right heart | 9 (3.0) | 2 (1.1) | 7 (5.9) | 0.040 |
Perivalvular abscess | 4 (1.3) | 3 (1.6) | 1 (0.8) | 0.940 |
Aortic sinus aneurysm | 6 (2.0) | 4 (2.2) | 2 (1.7) | 1.000 |
Perforation | 20 (6.7) | 11 (6.0) | 9 (7.6) | 0.591 |
Severe valve insufficiency | 176 (58.7) | 122 (67.0) | 54 (45.4) | 0.000 |
Size of vegetations | ||||
> 1 cm | 236 (78.7) | 144 (79.1) | 92 (77.3) | 0.811 |