Incidence and complication rate of infective endocarditis in the Dutch region of Walcheren

Abstract

The calculated incidence of IE of 9.61 cases per 100,000 inhabitants per year was more than five times higher than the one reported in a nation-wide Dutch study of 1992. The present study demonstrates that IE remains a disease with a considerable mortality and complication rate. The majority of the patients with IE had non-cardiac comorbidity. Especially, the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and chronic renal failure in our population of patients with IE is remarkable.