Follow-up study on children with infective endocarditis.
A follow-up study on 36 children having had infective endocarditis during the time period 1971-80 was performed. All answered a questionnaire and 33 underwent a complete non-invasive cardiac examination including exercise test. The study comprised 406 patient years. During this time there were four late deaths and three recurrent attacks of endocarditis. Seventeen (47%) took prophylactic antibiotics. Two patients had been operated on because of the initial infection and another five had developed intracardiac sequelae. An ability index given to each patient before the infection and at the follow-up showed that as a group these patients were doing well.
Department of Paediatrics, Orebro Medical Center Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Schollin
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Bjarke
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Wesström
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013548:Sweden
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents