Severity of anaemia and association with all-cause mortality in patients with medically managed left-sided endocarditis
- 5 October 2021
- Vol. 108 (11), 882-888
- https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2021-319637
Abstract
Objective To assess the prevalence and severity of anaemia in patients with left-sided infective endocarditis (IE) and association with mortality. Methods In the Partial Oral versus Intravenous Antibiotic Treatment of Endocarditis trial, 400 patients with IE were randomised to conventional or partial oral antibiotic treatment after stabilisation of infection, showing non-inferiority. Haemoglobin (Hgb) levels were measured at randomisation. Primary outcomes were all-cause mortality after 6 months and 3 years. Patients who underwent valve surgery were excluded due to competing reasons for anaemia. Results Out of 400 patients with IE, 248 (mean age 70.6 years (SD 11.1), 62 women (25.0%)) were medically managed; 37 (14.9%) patients had no anaemia, 139 (56.1%) had mild anaemia (Hgb Conclusion Moderate to severe anaemia was present in 29% of patients with medically treated IE after stabilisation of infection and was independently associated with higher mortality within the following 3 years. Further investigations are warranted to determine whether intensified treatment of anaemia in patients with IE might improve outcome.Keywords
Funding Information
- Hjerteforeningen
- Svend Aage Andersen Foundation
- Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF17OC0025074)
- Hartmann Fonden
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