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SUBMITTER: Elderia A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10532068 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Elderia Ahmed A Kiehn Ellen E Djordjevic Ilija I Gerfer Stephen S Eghbalzadeh Kaveh K Gaisendrees Christopher C Deppe Antje-Christin AC Kuhn Elmar E Wahlers Thorsten T Weber Carolyn C
Journal of clinical medicine 20230913 18
Infective endocarditis (IE) carries a heavy burden of morbidity and mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hemodialysis (HD) patients. We investigated the risk factors, pathognomonic profile and outcomes of surgically treated IE in CKD and HD patients. We preoperatively identified patients with CKD under hemodialysis (HD group) and compared them with patients without hemodialysis (Non-HD group). Furthermore, we divided the cohort into four groups according to the underlying stage of CKD, ...[more]