Neurologic complications of infective endocarditis observed in a South Indian referral hospital

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dc.contributorSantoshkumar, B
dc.contributorRadhakrishnan, K
dc.contributorBalakrishnan, KG
dc.contributorSarma, PS
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-04T11:44:42Z
dc.date.available2012-12-04T11:44:42Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.description.abstractWe retrospectively reviewed the records of 110 patients with infective endocarditis (IE) who were hospitalized between 1977 and 1994 at a tertiary referral center in Southern India to assess the occurrence of neurologic complications and the factors that contribute to their development, and to compare our experience from a developing country with the reported data from developed countries. There were 62 males and 48 females, aged 0.6-59 (mean 24.0) years. Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) was the most frequent underlying cardiac lesion accounting for 65 (59.1%) patients. Neurologic complications were observed in 58 (52.7%) patients; cerebral embolism was the most frequent (23 patients). Thirty-five (31.8%) patients died. Mortality in the group with neurologic complications (41.4%) was significantly higher than in the group without (21.2%) (p = 0.04). The duration of symptoms prior to the diagnosis was longer in the group with neurologic complications, mean 174.9 versus 95.6 days (p = 0.03). We conclude that: (I) IE occurs at younger ages in the Third World and RHD still constitute the major underlying heart disease; (2) in spite of the differences in the general aspects of IE between developed and developing nations, the frequency and gravity of neurologic complications are similar, (3) mortality is significantly increased in patients with neurologic complications; and (4) delay in the diagnosis of IE contributes to the development of neurologic complications.
dc.identifier.citationJOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. 137; 2; 139-144en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-510X(95)00346-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8782168
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.sctimst.ac.in/handle/123456789/790
dc.publisherJOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
dc.subjectNeurology
dc.titleNeurologic complications of infective endocarditis observed in a South Indian referral hospital
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