Endocarditis prognosis


 * Associate Editors-in-Chief:

Overview
Infective endocarditis is associated with a high (10% to 25%) mortality.

Surgical Outcomes
Operative mortality is 15 - 20%. The development of an infection of a prosthetic valve during operation for native valve endocarditis is 4%, it is higher (12 - 16%) if active endocarditis is present at the time of the surgery. Late survival at 5 years for native valve endocarditis is 70 - 80% and for prosthetic valve endocarditis is 50 - 80%.