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Risk of embolization after institution of antibiotic therapy for infective endocarditis

Isidre Vilacosta, MD^*,*, Catherine Graupner, MD^*, JoséAlberto SanRomán, MD, Cristina Sarriá, MD, Ricardo Ronderos, MD, Cristina Fernández, MD^*, Leonardo Mancini, MD, Olga Sanz, MD, JuanVictor Sanmartín, MD and Walter Stoermann, MD^||

^* Hospital Universitario San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Hospital Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
Hospital San Juan de Dios, La Plata, Argentina
^|| CIMAC, San Juan, Argentina

View larger version (16K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Risk of embolism stratified by the location of infection. Ao = native aortic valve; Ao. Biol = biologic aortic prosthesis; Ao. Mech = mechanical aortic prosthesis; Mi = native mitral valve; Mi. Biol = biologic mitral prosthesis; Mi. Mech = mechanical mitral prosthesis.

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Risk of embolism stratified by location of infection, valve type and mitral leaflet.

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Risk of embolism stratified by vegetation size. CI = confidence interval; RR = relative risk.