title: [Infectious endocarditis at Ullevål hospital 1988-94. Echocardiographic investigation].
abstract: During a seven-year period (1998-94) 68 patients with infectious endocarditis were diagnosed at a university hospital. Staphylococcus aureus was the most common etiological agent (38%), followed by Streptococcus viridans (21%). In seven patients the diagnosis infectious endocarditis was first made during autopsy, all seven of them had the clinical diagnosis septicaemia. Surgery was performed on 41% of the patients. Case fatality was 34%. Case fatality was significantly higher for S aureus endocarditis than for S viridans endocarditis, 48% vs. 7% (p = 0.01). The advantages of transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis and follow up of patients with infectious endocarditis is emphasized. In spite of these new diagnostic tools a definitive clinical diagnosis of infectious endocarditis was not made for 23% of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Hjertemedisinsk avdeling Medisinsk klinikk Ullevål sykehus Oslo.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Husebye
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: von der Lippe
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Fjeld
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Infeksiøs endokarditt ved Ullevål sykehus 1998-94. Utredning med ekkokardiografi.