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Table 3 Major complications in ARA and NO-ARA groups, N (%)

From: Prevalence and predictors of aortic root abscess among patients with left-sided infective endocarditis: a cross-sectional comparative study

Event

ARA

NO-ARA

p value

In-hospital mortality

22 (36.1 %)

67 (29.9%)

0.36

Heart failure Fc III/IV

28 (45.9%)

113 (50.4%)

0.53

Sepsis

15 (24.6%)

39 (17.4%)

0.21

Peripheral embolization

22 (36.1%)

74 (33.0%)

0.66

Splenic infarction

7 (11.5%)

35 (15.6%)

0.42

Mycotic aneurysms

6 (10.0%)

17 (7.7%)

0.60

Cerebral embolization

18 (29.5%)

66 (29.5%)

0.995

All embolization

32 (52.2%)

121 (54.0%)

0.83

Acute kidney injury

22 (36.1%)

64 (28.6%)

0.26

Dialysis

2 (3.4%)

11 (5.0%)

0.999