|
Variable
|
Total (n = 398), No. (%)
|
Phase 1 (n = 237), No. (%)
|
Phase 2 (n = 161), No. (%)
|
P value
|
|---|
|
Diagnostic TTE
|
314 (78.9)
|
178 (75.1)
|
136 (84.5)
|
0.025
|
|
Presence of vegetations
|
298 (74.9)
|
175 (78.1)
|
123 (76.9)
|
0.772
|
|
- Left sided vegetations
|
240 (60.3)
|
154 (65.0)
|
86 (53.4)
|
0.021
|
|
• Aortic valve vegetations
|
114 (28.6)
|
73 (30.8)
|
41 (25.5)
|
< 0.001
|
|
• Mitral valve vegetations
|
148 (37.2)
|
85 (49.0)
|
63 (39.2)
|
< 0.001
|
|
- Right sided vegetations
|
68 (17.1)
|
23 (9.7)
|
45 (28.0)
|
< 0.001
|
|
• Pulmonary valve vegetations
|
6 (1.5)
|
2 (0.8)
|
4 (2.5)
|
< 0.001
|
|
• Tricuspid valve vegetations
|
62 (15.6)
|
20 (8.4)
|
42 (26.1)
|
< 0.001
|
|
Ring abscess
|
52 (13.1)
|
25 (12.6)
|
27 (23.7)
|
0.012
|
|
Pericardial effusion
|
85 (21.4)
|
53 (27.2)
|
32 (24.1)
|
0.527
|
|
- Mild
|
73 (18.3)
|
46 (19.4)
|
27 (16.8)
| |
|
- Moderate
|
8 (2.0)
|
3 (1.3)
|
5 (3.1)
| |
|
- Large
|
4 (1.0)
|
4 (1.7)
|
0 (0)
| |
- TTE transthoracic echocardiography
