Changing Trends in Demographics, Risk Factors, and Clinical Features of Patients With Infective Endocarditis–Related Stroke, 2005–2015
Ridha M, Flaherty M, Aziz Y, Ades L, Alwell K, Khoury J, Woo D, Ferioli S, Adeoye O, Khatri P, De Los Rios La Rosa F, Mistry E, Demel S, Mackey J, Martini S, Coleman E, Jasne A, Slavin S, Walsh K, Star M, Haverbusch M, Madsen T, Broderick J, Kissela B, Kleindorfer D. Changing Trends in Demographics, Risk Factors, and Clinical Features of Patients With Infective Endocarditis–Related Stroke, 2005–2015. Neurology 2023, 100: e1555-e1564. PMID: 36746635, PMCID: PMC10103121, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000206865.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk factorsOpioid epidemicClinical characteristicsClinical featuresGreater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky regionStudy periodRetrospective cohort studyRates of hypertensionIntravenous drug useIntravenous drug usersICD-10 codesCochran-Armitage testPerioperative strokeAcute strokeCohort studyDefinite endocarditisDuke criteriaHypertension prevalenceIschemic strokeYounger patientsStroke populationInfective endocarditisAtrial fibrillationEpidemiologic descriptionUnadjusted comparisons