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1. Impact of early valve surgery on outcome of staphylococcus aureus prosthetic valve infective endocarditis: Analysis in the international collaboration of endocarditis-prospective cohort study.

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Vincelj J., Sexton D.J., Corey G.R., Chu V.H., Wang A., Erpelding M.-L., Durante-Mangoni E., Fernandez-Hidalgo N., Giannitsioti E., Hannan M.M., Lejko-Zupanc T., Pare C., Pericas J., Ramirez J., Rovira I., Sitges M., Anguera I., Font B., Guma J.R., Bermejo J., Bouza E., Fernandez M.A.G., Gonzalez-Ramallo V., Marin M., Pedromingo M., Roda J., Rodriguez-Creixems M., Solis J., Almirante B., Tornos P., De Alarcon A., Parra R., Alestig E., Johansson M., Olaison L., Snygg-Martin U., Pachirat O., Pachirat P., Pussadhamma B., Senthong V., Casey A., Elliott T., Lambert P., Watkin R., Eyton C., Klein J.L., Bradley S., Kauffman C., Bedimo R., Crowley A.L., Douglas P., Drew L., Holland T., Lalani T., Mudrick D., Samad Z., Stryjewski M., Woods C.W., Lerakis S., Cantey R., Steed L., Wray D., Dickerman S.A., Bonilla H., Di Persio J., Salstrom S.-J., Baddley J., Patel M., Peterson G., Stancoven A., Afonso L., Kulman T., Levine D., Rybak M., Cabell C.H., Baloch K., Dixon C.C., Harding T., Jones-Richmond M., Pappas P., Park L.P., Redick T., Stafford J., Anstrom K., Bayer A.S., Karchmer A.W., Durack D.T., Eykyn S., Moreillon P., Chirouze C., Alla F., Fowler V.G., Miro J.M., Munoz P., Murdoch D.R., Tattevin P., Tribouilloy C., Hoen B., Clara L., Sanchez M., Nacinovich F., Oses P.F., Ronderos R., Sucari A., Thierer J., Casabe J., Cortes C., Altclas J., Kogan S., Spelman D., Athan E., Harris O., Kennedy K., Tan R., Gordon D., Papanicolas L., Eisen D., Grigg L., Street A., Korman T., Kotsanas D., Dever R., Konecny P., Lawrence R., Rees D., Ryan S., Feneley M.P., Harkness J., Jones P., Post J., Reinbott P., Gattringer R., Wiesbauer F., Andrade A.R., De Brito A.C.P., Guimaraes A.C., Grinberg M., Mansur A.J., Siciliano R.F., Strabelli T.M.V., Vieira M.L.C., De Medeiros Tranchesi R.A., Paiva M.G., Fortes C.Q., De Oliveira Ramos A., Ferraiuoli G., Golebiovski W., Lamas C., Santos M., Weksler C., Karlowsky J.A., Keynan Y., Morris A.M., Rubinstein E., Jones S.B., Garcia P., Cereceda M., Fica A., Mella R.M., Barsic B., Bukovski S., Krajinovic V., Pangercic A., Rudez I., Freiberger T., Pol J., Zaloudikova B., Zainab A., El Kholy A., Mishaal M., Rizk H., Aissa N., Alauzet C., Campagnac C., Doco-Lecompte T., Selton-Suty C., Casalta J.-P., Fournier P.-E., Habib G., Raoult D., Thuny F., Delahaye F., Delahaye A., Vandenesch F., Donal E., Donnio P.Y., Michelet C., Revest M., Violette J., Chevalier F., Jeu A., Rusinaru D.M.D., Sorel C., Bernard Y., Leroy J., Plesiat P., Naber C., Neuerburg C., Mazaheri B., Athanasia S., Deliolanis I., Giamarellou H., Tsaganos T., Mylona E., Paniara O., Papanicolaou K., Pyros J., Skoutelis A., Sharma G., Francis J., Nair L., Thomas V., Venugopal K., Hurley J., Gilon D., Israel S., Korem M., Strahilevitz J., Casillo R., Cuccurullo S., Dialetto G., Irene M., Ragone E., Tripodi M.F., Utili R., Cecchi E., De Rosa F., Forno D., Imazio M., Trinchero R., Tebini A., Grossi P., Lattanzio M., Toniolo A., Goglio A., Raglio A., Ravasio V., Rizzi M., Suter F., Carosi G., Magri S., Signorini L., Baban T., Kanafani Z., Kanj S.S., Yasmine M., Abidin I., Tamin S.S., Martinez E.R., Nieto G.I.S., Van Der Meer J.T.M., Chambers S., Holland D., Morris A., Raymond N., Read K., Dragulescu S., Ionac A., Mornos C., Butkevich O.M., Chipigina N., Kirill O., Vadim K., Vinogradova T., Edathodu J., Halim M., Lum L.-N., Tan R.-S., Logar M., Mueller-Premru M., Commerford P., Commerford A., Deetlefs E., Hansa C., Ntsekhe M., Almela M., Armero Y., Azqueta M., Castaneda X., Cervera C., Del Rio A., Falces C., Garcia-De-La-Maria C., Fita G., Gatell J.M., Marco F., Mestres C.A., Moreno A., Ninot S., Vincelj J., Sexton D.J., Corey G.R., Chu V.H., Wang A., Erpelding M.-L., Durante-Mangoni E., Fernandez-Hidalgo N., Giannitsioti E., Hannan M.M., Lejko-Zupanc T., Pare C., Pericas J., Ramirez J., Rovira I., Sitges M., Anguera I., Font B., Guma J.R., Bermejo J., Bouza E., Fernandez M.A.G., Gonzalez-Ramallo V., Marin M., Pedromingo M., Roda J., Rodriguez-Creixems M., Solis J., Almirante B., Tornos P., De Alarcon A., Parra R., Alestig E., Johansson M., Olaison L., Snygg-Martin U., Pachirat O., Pachirat P., Pussadhamma B., Senthong V., Casey A., Elliott T., Lambert P., Watkin R., Eyton C., Klein J.L., Bradley S., Kauffman C., Bedimo R., Crowley A.L., Douglas P., Drew L., Holland T., Lalani T., Mudrick D., Samad Z., Stryjewski M., Woods C.W., Lerakis S., Cantey R., Steed L., Wray D., Dickerman S.A., Bonilla H., Di Persio J., Salstrom S.-J., Baddley J., Patel M., Peterson G., Stancoven A., Afonso L., Kulman T., Levine D., Rybak M., Cabell C.H., Baloch K., Dixon C.C., Harding T., Jones-Richmond M., Pappas P., Park L.P., Redick T., Stafford J., Anstrom K., Bayer A.S., Karchmer A.W., Durack D.T., Eykyn S., Moreillon P., Chirouze C., Alla F., Fowler V.G., Miro J.M., Munoz P., Murdoch D.R., Tattevin P., Tribouilloy C., Hoen B., Clara L., Sanchez M., Nacinovich F., Oses P.F., Ronderos R., Sucari A., Thierer J., Casabe J., Cortes C., Altclas J., Kogan S., Spelman D., Athan E., Harris O., Kennedy K., Tan R., Gordon D., Papanicolas L., Eisen D., Grigg L., Street A., Korman T., Kotsanas D., Dever R., Konecny P., Lawrence R., Rees D., Ryan S., Feneley M.P., Harkness J., Jones P., Post J., Reinbott P., Gattringer R., Wiesbauer F., Andrade A.R., De Brito A.C.P., Guimaraes A.C., Grinberg M., Mansur A.J., Siciliano R.F., Strabelli T.M.V., Vieira M.L.C., De Medeiros Tranchesi R.A., Paiva M.G., Fortes C.Q., De Oliveira Ramos A., Ferraiuoli G., Golebiovski W., Lamas C., Santos M., Weksler C., Karlowsky J.A., Keynan Y., Morris A.M., Rubinstein E., Jones S.B., Garcia P., Cereceda M., Fica A., Mella R.M., Barsic B., Bukovski S., Krajinovic V., Pangercic A., Rudez I., Freiberger T., Pol J., Zaloudikova B., Zainab A., El Kholy A., Mishaal M., Rizk H., Aissa N., Alauzet C., Campagnac C., Doco-Lecompte T., Selton-Suty C., Casalta J.-P., Fournier P.-E., Habib G., Raoult D., Thuny F., Delahaye F., Delahaye A., Vandenesch F., Donal E., Donnio P.Y., Michelet C., Revest M., Violette J., Chevalier F., Jeu A., Rusinaru D.M.D., Sorel C., Bernard Y., Leroy J., Plesiat P., Naber C., Neuerburg C., Mazaheri B., Athanasia S., Deliolanis I., Giamarellou H., Tsaganos T., Mylona E., Paniara O., Papanicolaou K., Pyros J., Skoutelis A., Sharma G., Francis J., Nair L., Thomas V., Venugopal K., Hurley J., Gilon D., Israel S., Korem M., Strahilevitz J., Casillo R., Cuccurullo S., Dialetto G., Irene M., Ragone E., Tripodi M.F., Utili R., Cecchi E., De Rosa F., Forno D., Imazio M., Trinchero R., Tebini A., Grossi P., Lattanzio M., Toniolo A., Goglio A., Raglio A., Ravasio V., Rizzi M., Suter F., Carosi G., Magri S., Signorini L., Baban T., Kanafani Z., Kanj S.S., Yasmine M., Abidin I., Tamin S.S., Martinez E.R., Nieto G.I.S., Van Der Meer J.T.M., Chambers S., Holland D., Morris A., Raymond N., Read K., Dragulescu S., Ionac A., Mornos C., Butkevich O.M., Chipigina N., Kirill O., Vadim K., Vinogradova T., Edathodu J., Halim M., Lum L.-N., Tan R.-S., Logar M., Mueller-Premru M., Commerford P., Commerford A., Deetlefs E., Hansa C., Ntsekhe M., Almela M., Armero Y., Azqueta M., Castaneda X., Cervera C., Del Rio A., Falces C., Garcia-De-La-Maria C., Fita G., Gatell J.M., Marco F., Mestres C.A., Moreno A., and Ninot S.

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Background. The impact of early valve surgery (EVS) on the outcome of Staphylococcus aureus (SA) prosthetic valve infective endocarditis (PVIE) is unresolved. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between EVS, performed within the first 60 days of hospitalization, and outcome of SA PVIE within the International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Prospective Cohort Study. Methods. Participants were enrolled between June 2000 and December 2006. Cox proportional hazards modeling that included surgery as a time-dependent covariate and propensity adjustment for likelihood to receive cardiac surgery was used to evaluate the impact of EVS and 1-year all-cause mortality on patients with definite left-sided S. aureus PVIE and no history of injection drug use. Results. EVS was performed in 74 of the 168 (44.3%) patients. One-year mortality was significantly higher among patients with S. aureus PVIE than in patients with non-S. aureus PVIE (48.2% vs 32.9%; P = .003). Staphylococcus aureus PVIE patients who underwent EVS had a significantly lower 1-year mortality rate (33.8% vs 59.1%; P = .001). In multivariate, propensity-adjusted models, EVS was not associated with 1-year mortality (risk ratio, 0.67 [95% confidence interval, .39-1.15]; P = .15). Conclusions. In this prospective, multinational cohort of patients with S. aureus PVIE, EVS was not associated with reduced 1-year mortality. The decision to pursue EVS should be individualized for each patient, based upon infection-specific characteristics rather than solely upon the microbiology of the infection causing PVIE.Copyright © The Author 2014.

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2015

2. Influence of the timing of cardiac surgery on the outcome of patients with infective endocarditis and stroke.

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Zaloudikova B., Garcia-De-La-Maria C., Fita G., Gatell J.M., Marco F., Mestres C.A., Miro J.M., Moreno A., Ninot S., Pare C., Pericas J., Ramirez J., Rovira I., Sitges M., Anguera I., Font B., Guma J.R., Bermejo J., Bouza E., Fernandez M.A.G., Gonzalez-Ramallo V., Marin M., Munoz P., Pedromingo M., Roda J., Rodriguez-Creixems M., Solis J., Almirante B., Fernandez-Hidalgo N., Tornos P., De Alarcon A., Parra R., Alestig E., Johansson M., Snygg-Martin U., Pachirat O., Pachirat P., Pussadhamma B., Senthong V., Casey A., Elliott T., Lambert P., Watkin R., Eyton C., Klein J.L., Bradley S., Kauffman C., Bedimo R., Corey G.R., Crowley A.L., Douglas P., Drew L., Fowler V.G., Holland T., Lalani T., Mudrick D., Samad Z., Sexton D., Stryjewski M., Woods C.W., Lerakis S., Cantey R., Steed L., Wray D., Dickerman S.A., Bonilla H., Di Persio J., Salstrom S.-J., Baddley J., Peterson G., Stancoven A., Afonso L., Kulman T., Levine D., Rybak M., Cabell C.H., Morris A.M., Rubinstein E., Jones S.B., Garcia P., Barsic B., Dickerman S., Krajinovic V., Pappas P., Altclas J., Carosi G., Casabe J.H., Chu V.H., Delahaye F., Edathodu J., Fortes C.Q., Olaison L., Pangercic A., Patel M., Rudez I., Tamin S.S., Vincelj J., Bayer A.S., Wang A., Clara L., Sanchez M., Nacinovich F., Oses P.F., Ronderos R., Sucari A., Thierer J., Casabe J., Cortes C., Kogan S., Spelman D., Athan E., Harris O., Kennedy K., Tan R., Gordon D., Papanicolas L., Eisen D., Grigg L., Street A., Korman T., Kotsanas D., Dever R., Jones P., Konecny P., Lawrence R., Rees D., Ryan S., Feneley M.P., Harkness J., Post J., Reinbott P., Gattringer R., Wiesbauer F., Andrade A.R., De Brito A.C.P., Guimaraes A.C., Grinberg M., Mansur A.J., Siciliano R.F., Strabelli T.M.V., Vieira M.L.C., De Medeiros Tranchesi R.A., Paiva M.G., De Oliveira Ramos A., Ferraiuoli G., Golebiovski W., Lamas C., Santos M., Weksler C., Karlowsky J.A., Keynan Y., Cereceda M., Fica A., Mella R.M., Bukovski S., Freiberger T., Pol J., Sharma G., Ashour Z., Kholy A.E., Mishaal M., Rizk H., Aissa N., Alauzet C., Alla F., Campagnac C., Doco-Lecompte T., Selton-Suty C., Casalta J.-P., Fournier P.-E., Habib G., Raoult D., Thuny F., Delahaye A., Vandenesch F., Donal E., Donnio P.Y., Michelet C., Revest M., Tattevin P., Violette J., Chevalier F., Jeu A., Rusinaru D., Sorel C., Tribouilloy C., Bernard Y., Chirouze C., Hoen B., Leroy J., Plesiat P., Naber G.C., Neuerburg C., Mazaheri B., Naber C., Athanasia S., Giannitsioti E., Mylona E., Paniara O., Papanicolaou K., Pyros J., Skoutelis A., Francis J., Nair L., Thomas D.M.V., Venugopal K., Hannan M., Hurley J., Cahan A., Gilon D., Israel S., Korem M., Strahilevitz J., Tripodi M.F., Casillo R., Cuccurullo S., Dialetto G., Durante-Mangoni E., Irene M., Ragone E., Utili R., Cecchi E., Rosa F.D., Forno D., Imazio M., Trinchero R., Tebini A., Grossi P., Lattanzio M., Toniolo A., Goglio A., Raglio A., Ravasio V., Rizzi M., Suter F., Magri S., Signorini L., Baban T., Kanafani Z., Kanj S.S., Sfeir J., Yasmine M., Abidin I., Martinez E.R., Nieto G.I.S., Van Der Meer J.T.M., Chambers S., Murdoch D.R., Holland D., Morris A., Raymond N., Read K., Dragulescu S., Ionac A., Mornos C., Butkevich O.M., Chipigina N., Kirill O., Vadim K., Vinogradova T., Halim M., Lum L.-N., Tan R.-S., Lejko-Zupanc T., Logar M., Mueller-Premru M., Commerford P., Commerford A., Deetlefs E., Hansa C., Ntsekhe M., Almela M., Armero Y., Azqueta M., Castaneda X., Cervera C., Del Rio A., Falces C., Zaloudikova B., Garcia-De-La-Maria C., Fita G., Gatell J.M., Marco F., Mestres C.A., Miro J.M., Moreno A., Ninot S., Pare C., Pericas J., Ramirez J., Rovira I., Sitges M., Anguera I., Font B., Guma J.R., Bermejo J., Bouza E., Fernandez M.A.G., Gonzalez-Ramallo V., Marin M., Munoz P., Pedromingo M., Roda J., Rodriguez-Creixems M., Solis J., Almirante B., Fernandez-Hidalgo N., Tornos P., De Alarcon A., Parra R., Alestig E., Johansson M., Snygg-Martin U., Pachirat O., Pachirat P., Pussadhamma B., Senthong V., Casey A., Elliott T., Lambert P., Watkin R., Eyton C., Klein J.L., Bradley S., Kauffman C., Bedimo R., Corey G.R., Crowley A.L., Douglas P., Drew L., Fowler V.G., Holland T., Lalani T., Mudrick D., Samad Z., Sexton D., Stryjewski M., Woods C.W., Lerakis S., Cantey R., Steed L., Wray D., Dickerman S.A., Bonilla H., Di Persio J., Salstrom S.-J., Baddley J., Peterson G., Stancoven A., Afonso L., Kulman T., Levine D., Rybak M., Cabell C.H., Morris A.M., Rubinstein E., Jones S.B., Garcia P., Barsic B., Dickerman S., Krajinovic V., Pappas P., Altclas J., Carosi G., Casabe J.H., Chu V.H., Delahaye F., Edathodu J., Fortes C.Q., Olaison L., Pangercic A., Patel M., Rudez I., Tamin S.S., Vincelj J., Bayer A.S., Wang A., Clara L., Sanchez M., Nacinovich F., Oses P.F., Ronderos R., Sucari A., Thierer J., Casabe J., Cortes C., Kogan S., Spelman D., Athan E., Harris O., Kennedy K., Tan R., Gordon D., Papanicolas L., Eisen D., Grigg L., Street A., Korman T., Kotsanas D., Dever R., Jones P., Konecny P., Lawrence R., Rees D., Ryan S., Feneley M.P., Harkness J., Post J., Reinbott P., Gattringer R., Wiesbauer F., Andrade A.R., De Brito A.C.P., Guimaraes A.C., Grinberg M., Mansur A.J., Siciliano R.F., Strabelli T.M.V., Vieira M.L.C., De Medeiros Tranchesi R.A., Paiva M.G., De Oliveira Ramos A., Ferraiuoli G., Golebiovski W., Lamas C., Santos M., Weksler C., Karlowsky J.A., Keynan Y., Cereceda M., Fica A., Mella R.M., Bukovski S., Freiberger T., Pol J., Sharma G., Ashour Z., Kholy A.E., Mishaal M., Rizk H., Aissa N., Alauzet C., Alla F., Campagnac C., Doco-Lecompte T., Selton-Suty C., Casalta J.-P., Fournier P.-E., Habib G., Raoult D., Thuny F., Delahaye A., Vandenesch F., Donal E., Donnio P.Y., Michelet C., Revest M., Tattevin P., Violette J., Chevalier F., Jeu A., Rusinaru D., Sorel C., Tribouilloy C., Bernard Y., Chirouze C., Hoen B., Leroy J., Plesiat P., Naber G.C., Neuerburg C., Mazaheri B., Naber C., Athanasia S., Giannitsioti E., Mylona E., Paniara O., Papanicolaou K., Pyros J., Skoutelis A., Francis J., Nair L., Thomas D.M.V., Venugopal K., Hannan M., Hurley J., Cahan A., Gilon D., Israel S., Korem M., Strahilevitz J., Tripodi M.F., Casillo R., Cuccurullo S., Dialetto G., Durante-Mangoni E., Irene M., Ragone E., Utili R., Cecchi E., Rosa F.D., Forno D., Imazio M., Trinchero R., Tebini A., Grossi P., Lattanzio M., Toniolo A., Goglio A., Raglio A., Ravasio V., Rizzi M., Suter F., Magri S., Signorini L., Baban T., Kanafani Z., Kanj S.S., Sfeir J., Yasmine M., Abidin I., Martinez E.R., Nieto G.I.S., Van Der Meer J.T.M., Chambers S., Murdoch D.R., Holland D., Morris A., Raymond N., Read K., Dragulescu S., Ionac A., Mornos C., Butkevich O.M., Chipigina N., Kirill O., Vadim K., Vinogradova T., Halim M., Lum L.-N., Tan R.-S., Lejko-Zupanc T., Logar M., Mueller-Premru M., Commerford P., Commerford A., Deetlefs E., Hansa C., Ntsekhe M., Almela M., Armero Y., Azqueta M., Castaneda X., Cervera C., Del Rio A., and Falces C.

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Background. The timing of cardiac surgery after stroke in infective endocarditis (IE) remains controversial. We examined the relationship between the timing of surgery after stroke and the incidence of in-hospital and 1-year mortalities. Methods. Data were obtained from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Prospective Cohort Study of 4794 patients with definite IE who were admitted to 64 centers from June 2000 through December 2006. Multivariate logistic regression and Cox regression analyses were performed to estimate the impact of early surgery on hospital and 1-year mortality after adjustments for other significant covariates. Results. Of the 857 patients with IE complicated by ischemic stroke syndromes, 198 who underwent valve replacement surgery poststroke were available for analysis. Overall, 58 (29.3%) patients underwent early surgical treatment vs 140 (70.7%) patients who underwent late surgical treatment. After adjustment for other risk factors, early surgery was not significantly associated with increased in-hospital mortality rates (odds ratio, 2.308; 95% confidence interval[CI], .942-5.652). Overall, probability of death after 1-year follow-up did not differ between 2 treatment groups (27.1% in early surgery and 19.2% in late surgery group, P = .328; adjusted hazard ratio, 1.138; 95% CI, .802-1.650). Conclusions. There is no apparent survival benefit in delaying surgery when indicated in IE patients after ischemic stroke. Further observational analyses that include detailed pre- and postoperative clinical neurologic findings and advanced imaging data (eg, ischemic stroke size), may allow for more refined recommendations on the optimal timing of valvular surgery in patients with IE and recent stroke syndromes.Copyright © The Author 2012.

Published
2013

3. HACEK Infective Endocarditis: Characteristics and Outcomes from a Large, Multi-National Cohort.

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Revest M., Kirill O., Vadim K., Vinogradova T., Edathodu J., Halim M., Lum L.-N., Tan R.-S., Lejko-Zupanc T., Logar M., Mueller-Premru M., Commerford P., Commerford A., Deetlefs E., Hansa C., Ntsekhe M., Almela M., Armero Y., Azqueta M., Castan~eda X., Cervera C., Rio A., Falces C., Garcia-de-la-Maria C., Fita G., Gatell J.M., Marco F., Mestres C.A., Miro J.M., Moreno A., Ninot S., Pare C., Pericas J., Ramirez J., Rovira I., Sitges M., Anguera I., Font B., Guma J.R., Bermejo J., Fernandez M.A.G., Gonzalez-Ramallo V., Marin M., Mun~oz P., Pedromingo M., Roda J., Rodriguez-Creixems M., Solis J., Almirante B., Fernandez-Hidalgo N., Tornos P., de Alarcon A., Parra R., Alestig E., Johansson M., Snygg-Martin U., Pachirat O., Pachirat P., Pussadhamma B., Senthong V., Casey A., Elliott T., Lambert P., Watkin R., Eyton C., Klein J.L., Bradley S., Kauffman C., Bedimo R., Crowley A.L., Douglas P., Drew L., Fowler V.G., Holland T., Lalani T., Mudrick D., Samad Z., Sexton D., Stryjewski M., Woods C.W., Lerakis S., Cantey R., Steed L., Wray D., Dickerman S.A., Bonilla H., DiPersio J., Salstrom S.-J., Baddley J., Patel M., Peterson G., Stancoven A., Afonso L., Kulman T., Levine D., Rybak M., Baloch K., Corey G.R., Dixon C.C., Fowler Jr. V.G., Harding T., Jones-Richmond M., Pappas P., Park L.P., Redick T., Stafford J., Anstrom K., Chu V.H., Karchmer A.W., Murdoch D.R., Sexton D.J., Wang A., Bayer A.S., Cabell C.H., Chu V., Durack D.T., Eykyn S., Hoen B., Moreillon P., Olaison L., Raoult D., Rubinstein E., Chambers S.T., Murdoch D., Bouza E., Hannan M.M., Kanafani Z.A., Lang S., Clara L., Sanchez M., Nacinovich F., Oses P.F., Ronderos R., Sucari A., Thierer J., Casabe J., Cortes C., Altclas J., Silvia Kogan S., Spelman D., Athan E., Harris O., Kennedy K., Tan R., Gordon D., Papanicolas L., Eisen D., Grigg L., Street A., Korman T., Kotsanas D., Dever R., Konecny P., Lawrence R., Rees D., Feneley M.P., Harkness J., Jones P., Post J., Reinbott P., Ryan S., Gattringer R., Wiesbauer F., Andrade A.R., de Brito A.C.P., Guimara~es A.C., Grinberg M., Mansur A.J., Siciliano R.F., Strabelli T.M.V., Vieira M.L.C., de Medeiros Tranchesi R.A., Paiva M.G., Fortes C.Q., de Oliveira Ramos A., Ferraiuoli G., Golebiovski W., Lamas C., Santos M., Weksler C., Karlowsky J.A., Keynan Y., Morris A.M., Jones S.B., Garcia P., Cereceda M., Fica A., Mella R.M., Barsic B., Bukovski S., Krajinovic V., Pangercic A., Rudez I., Vincelj J., Freiberger T., Pol J., Zaloudikova B., Ashour Z., Kholy A.E., Mishaal M., Rizk H., Aissa N., Alauzet C., Alla F., Campagnac C., Doco-Lecompte T., Selton-Suty C., Casalta J.-P., Fournier P.-E., Habib G., Thuny F., Delahaye F., Delahaye A., Vandenesch F., Donal E., Donnio P.Y., Michelet C., Sharma G., Tattevin P., Violette J., Chevalier F., Jeu A., Rusinaru D.M.D., Sorel C., Tribouilloy C., Bernard Y., Chirouze C., Leroy J., Plesiat P., Naber C., Mazaheri B., Neuerburg C., Athanasia S., Giannitsioti E., Mylona E., Paniara O., Papanicolaou K., Pyros J., Skoutelis A., Francis J., Nair L., Thomas V., Venugopal K., Hannan M., Hurley J., Gilon D., Israel S., Korem M., Strahilevitz J., Tripodi M.F., Casillo R., Cuccurullo S., Dialetto G., Durante-Mangoni E., Irene M., Ragone E., Utili R., Cecchi E., De Rosa F., Forno D., Imazio M., Trinchero R., Tebini A., Grossi P., Lattanzio M., Toniolo A., Goglio A., Raglio A., Ravasio V., Rizzi M., Suter F., Carosi G., Magri S., Signorini L., Baban T., Kanafani Z., Kanj S.S., Sfeir J., Yasmine M., Abidin I., Tamin S.S., Martinez E.R., Nieto G.I.S., van der Meer J.T.M., Chambers S., Holland D., Morris A., Raymond N., Read K., Dragulescu S., Ionac A., Mornos C., Butkevich O.M., Chipigina N., Revest M., Kirill O., Vadim K., Vinogradova T., Edathodu J., Halim M., Lum L.-N., Tan R.-S., Lejko-Zupanc T., Logar M., Mueller-Premru M., Commerford P., Commerford A., Deetlefs E., Hansa C., Ntsekhe M., Almela M., Armero Y., Azqueta M., Castan~eda X., Cervera C., Rio A., Falces C., Garcia-de-la-Maria C., Fita G., Gatell J.M., Marco F., Mestres C.A., Miro J.M., Moreno A., Ninot S., Pare C., Pericas J., Ramirez J., Rovira I., Sitges M., Anguera I., Font B., Guma J.R., Bermejo J., Fernandez M.A.G., Gonzalez-Ramallo V., Marin M., Mun~oz P., Pedromingo M., Roda J., Rodriguez-Creixems M., Solis J., Almirante B., Fernandez-Hidalgo N., Tornos P., de Alarcon A., Parra R., Alestig E., Johansson M., Snygg-Martin U., Pachirat O., Pachirat P., Pussadhamma B., Senthong V., Casey A., Elliott T., Lambert P., Watkin R., Eyton C., Klein J.L., Bradley S., Kauffman C., Bedimo R., Crowley A.L., Douglas P., Drew L., Fowler V.G., Holland T., Lalani T., Mudrick D., Samad Z., Sexton D., Stryjewski M., Woods C.W., Lerakis S., Cantey R., Steed L., Wray D., Dickerman S.A., Bonilla H., DiPersio J., Salstrom S.-J., Baddley J., Patel M., Peterson G., Stancoven A., Afonso L., Kulman T., Levine D., Rybak M., Baloch K., Corey G.R., Dixon C.C., Fowler Jr. V.G., Harding T., Jones-Richmond M., Pappas P., Park L.P., Redick T., Stafford J., Anstrom K., Chu V.H., Karchmer A.W., Murdoch D.R., Sexton D.J., Wang A., Bayer A.S., Cabell C.H., Chu V., Durack D.T., Eykyn S., Hoen B., Moreillon P., Olaison L., Raoult D., Rubinstein E., Chambers S.T., Murdoch D., Bouza E., Hannan M.M., Kanafani Z.A., Lang S., Clara L., Sanchez M., Nacinovich F., Oses P.F., Ronderos R., Sucari A., Thierer J., Casabe J., Cortes C., Altclas J., Silvia Kogan S., Spelman D., Athan E., Harris O., Kennedy K., Tan R., Gordon D., Papanicolas L., Eisen D., Grigg L., Street A., Korman T., Kotsanas D., Dever R., Konecny P., Lawrence R., Rees D., Feneley M.P., Harkness J., Jones P., Post J., Reinbott P., Ryan S., Gattringer R., Wiesbauer F., Andrade A.R., de Brito A.C.P., Guimara~es A.C., Grinberg M., Mansur A.J., Siciliano R.F., Strabelli T.M.V., Vieira M.L.C., de Medeiros Tranchesi R.A., Paiva M.G., Fortes C.Q., de Oliveira Ramos A., Ferraiuoli G., Golebiovski W., Lamas C., Santos M., Weksler C., Karlowsky J.A., Keynan Y., Morris A.M., Jones S.B., Garcia P., Cereceda M., Fica A., Mella R.M., Barsic B., Bukovski S., Krajinovic V., Pangercic A., Rudez I., Vincelj J., Freiberger T., Pol J., Zaloudikova B., Ashour Z., Kholy A.E., Mishaal M., Rizk H., Aissa N., Alauzet C., Alla F., Campagnac C., Doco-Lecompte T., Selton-Suty C., Casalta J.-P., Fournier P.-E., Habib G., Thuny F., Delahaye F., Delahaye A., Vandenesch F., Donal E., Donnio P.Y., Michelet C., Sharma G., Tattevin P., Violette J., Chevalier F., Jeu A., Rusinaru D.M.D., Sorel C., Tribouilloy C., Bernard Y., Chirouze C., Leroy J., Plesiat P., Naber C., Mazaheri B., Neuerburg C., Athanasia S., Giannitsioti E., Mylona E., Paniara O., Papanicolaou K., Pyros J., Skoutelis A., Francis J., Nair L., Thomas V., Venugopal K., Hannan M., Hurley J., Gilon D., Israel S., Korem M., Strahilevitz J., Tripodi M.F., Casillo R., Cuccurullo S., Dialetto G., Durante-Mangoni E., Irene M., Ragone E., Utili R., Cecchi E., De Rosa F., Forno D., Imazio M., Trinchero R., Tebini A., Grossi P., Lattanzio M., Toniolo A., Goglio A., Raglio A., Ravasio V., Rizzi M., Suter F., Carosi G., Magri S., Signorini L., Baban T., Kanafani Z., Kanj S.S., Sfeir J., Yasmine M., Abidin I., Tamin S.S., Martinez E.R., Nieto G.I.S., van der Meer J.T.M., Chambers S., Holland D., Morris A., Raymond N., Read K., Dragulescu S., Ionac A., Mornos C., Butkevich O.M., and Chipigina N.

Abstract

The HACEK organisms (Haemophilus species, Aggregatibacter species, Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens, and Kingella species) are rare causes of infective endocarditis (IE). The objective of this study is to describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with HACEK endocarditis (HE) in a large multi-national cohort. Patients hospitalized with definite or possible infective endocarditis by the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study in 64 hospitals from 28 countries were included and characteristics of HE patients compared with IE due to other pathogens. Of 5591 patients enrolled, 77 (1.4%) had HE. HE was associated with a younger age (47 vs. 61 years; p<0.001), a higher prevalence of immunologic/vascular manifestations (32% vs. 20%; p<0.008) and stroke (25% vs. 17% p = 0.05) but a lower prevalence of congestive heart failure (15% vs. 30%; p = 0.004), death in-hospital (4% vs. 18%; p = 0.001) or after 1 year follow-up (6% vs. 20%; p = 0.01) than IE due to other pathogens (n = 5514). On multivariable analysis, stroke was associated with mitral valve vegetations (OR 3.60; CI 1.34-9.65; p<0.01) and younger age (OR 0.62; CI 0.49-0.90; p<0.01). The overall outcome of HE was excellent with the in-hospital mortality (4%) significantly better than for non-HE (18%; p<0.001). Prosthetic valve endocarditis was more common in HE (35%) than non-HE (24%). The outcome of prosthetic valve and native valve HE was excellent whether treated medically or with surgery. Current treatment is very successful for the management of both native valve prosthetic valve HE but further studies are needed to determine why HE has a predilection for younger people and to cause stroke. The small number of patients and observational design limit inferences on treatment strategies. Self selection of study sites limits epidemiological inferences. © 2013 Chambers et al.

Published
2013

4. HACEK Infective Endocarditis: Characteristics and Outcomes from a Large, Multi-National Cohort

Author

Abbate, A, Chambers, ST, Murdoch, D, Morris, A, Holland, D, Pappas, P, Almela, M, Fernandez-Hidalgo, N, Almirante, B, Bouza, E, Forno, D, del Rio, A, Hannan, MM, Harkness, J, Kanafani, ZA, Lalani, T, Lang, S, Raymond, N, Read, K, Vinogradova, T, Woods, CW, Wray, D, Corey, GR, Chu, VH, Clara, L, Sanchez, M, Nacinovich, F, Fernandez Oses, P, Ronderos, R, Sucari, A, Thierer, J, Casabe, J, Cortes, C, Altclas, J, Kogan, S, Spelman, D, Athan, E, Harris, O, Kennedy, K, Tan, R, Gordon, D, Papanicolas, L, Eisen, D, Grigg, L, Street, A, Korman, T, Kotsanas, D, Dever, R, Jones, P, Konecny, P, Lawrence, R, Rees, D, Ryan, S, Feneley, MP, Post, J, Reinbott, P, Gattringer, R, Wiesbauer, F, Andrade, AR, Passos de Brito, AC, Guimaraes, AC, Grinberg, M, Mansur, AJ, Siciliano, RF, Varejao Strabelli, TM, Campos Vieira, ML, de Medeiros Tranchesi, RA, Paiva, MG, Fortes, CQ, Ramos, ADO, Ferraiuoli, G, Golebiovski, W, Lamas, C, Santos, M, Weksler, C, Karlowsky, JA, Keynan, Y, Morris, AM, Rubinstein, E, Jones, SB, Garcia, P, Cereceda, M, Fica, A, Mella, RM, Barsic, B, Bukovski, S, Krajinovic, V, Pangercic, A, Rudez, I, Vincelj, J, Freiberger, T, Pol, J, Zaloudikova, B, Ashour, Z, El Kholy, A, Mishaal, M, Rizk, H, Aissa, N, Alauzet, C, Alla, F, Campagnac, C, Doco-Lecompte, T, Selton-Suty, C, Casalta, J-P, Fournier, P-E, Habib, G, Raoult, D, Thuny, F, Delahaye, F, Delahaye, A, Vandenesch, F, Donal, E, Donnio, PY, Michelet, C, Revest, M, Tattevin, P, Violette, J, Chevalier, F, Jeu, A, Dan, Rusinaru, Sorel, C, Tribouilloy, C, Bernard, Y, Chirouze, C, Hoen, B, Leroy, J, Plesiat, P, Naber, C, Neuerburg, C, Mazaheri, B, Athanasia, S, Giannitsioti, E, Mylona, E, Paniara, O, Papanicolaou, K, Pyros, J, Skoutelis, A, Sharma, G, Francis, J, Nair, L, Thomas, V, Venugopal, K, Hannan, M, Hurley, J, Gilon, D, Israel, S, Korem, M, Strahilevitz, J, Tripodi, MF, Casillo, R, Cuccurullo, S, Dialetto, G, Durante-Mangoni, E, Irene, M, Ragone, E, Utili, R, Cecchi, E, De Rosa, F, Imazio, M, Trinchero, R, Tebini, A, Grossi, P, Lattanzio, M, Toniolo, A, Goglio, A, Raglio, A, Ravasio, V, Rizzi, M, Suter, F, Carosi, G, Magri, S, Signorini, L, Baban, T, Kanafani, Z, Kanj, SS, Sfeir, J, Yasmine, M, Abidin, I, Tamin, SS, Martinez, ER, Nieto, GIS, van der Meer, JTM, Chambers, S, Murdoch, DR, Dragulescu, S, Ionac, A, Mornos, C, Butkevich, OM, Chipigina, N, Kirill, O, Vadim, K, Edathodu, J, Halim, M, Lum, L-N, Tan, R-S, Lejko-Zupanc, T, Logar, M, Mueller-Premru, M, Commerford, P, Commerford, A, Deetlefs, E, Hansa, C, Ntsekhe, M, Armero, Y, Azqueta, M, Castaneda, X, Cervera, C, Falces, C, Garcia-de-la-Maria, C, Fita, G, Gatell, JM, Marco, F, Mestres, CA, Miro, JM, Moreno, A, Ninot, S, Pare, C, Pericas, J, Ramirez, J, Rovira, I, Sitges, M, Anguera, I, Font, B, Guma, JR, Bermejo, J, Garcia Fernandez, MA, Gonzalez-Ramallo, V, Marin, M, Munoz, P, Pedromingo, M, Roda, J, Rodriguez-Creixems, M, Solis, J, Tornos, P, de Alarcon, A, Parra, R, Alestig, E, Johansson, M, Olaison, L, Snygg-Martin, U, Pachirat, O, Pachirat, P, Pussadhamma, B, Senthong, V, Casey, A, Elliott, T, Lambert, P, Watkin, R, Eyton, C, Klein, JL, Bradley, S, Kauffman, C, Bedimo, R, Crowley, AL, Douglas, P, Drew, L, Fowler, VG, Holland, T, Mudrick, D, Samad, Z, Sexton, D, Stryjewski, M, Wang, A, Lerakis, S, Cantey, R, Steed, L, Dickerman, SA, Bonilla, H, DiPersio, J, Salstrom, S-J, Baddley, J, Patel, M, Peterson, G, Stancoven, A, Afonso, L, Kulman, T, Levine, D, Rybak, M, Cabell, CH, Baloch, K, Dixon, CC, Harding, T, Jones-Richmond, M, Park, LP, Redick, T, Stafford, J, Anstrom, K, Bayer, AS, Karchmer, AW, Sexton, DJ, Chu, V, Durack, DT, Phil, D, Eykyn, S, Moreillon, P, Abbate, A, Chambers, ST, Murdoch, D, Morris, A, Holland, D, Pappas, P, Almela, M, Fernandez-Hidalgo, N, Almirante, B, Bouza, E, Forno, D, del Rio, A, Hannan, MM, Harkness, J, Kanafani, ZA, Lalani, T, Lang, S, Raymond, N, Read, K, Vinogradova, T, Woods, CW, Wray, D, Corey, GR, Chu, VH, Clara, L, Sanchez, M, Nacinovich, F, Fernandez Oses, P, Ronderos, R, Sucari, A, Thierer, J, Casabe, J, Cortes, C, Altclas, J, Kogan, S, Spelman, D, Athan, E, Harris, O, Kennedy, K, Tan, R, Gordon, D, Papanicolas, L, Eisen, D, Grigg, L, Street, A, Korman, T, Kotsanas, D, Dever, R, Jones, P, Konecny, P, Lawrence, R, Rees, D, Ryan, S, Feneley, MP, Post, J, Reinbott, P, Gattringer, R, Wiesbauer, F, Andrade, AR, Passos de Brito, AC, Guimaraes, AC, Grinberg, M, Mansur, AJ, Siciliano, RF, Varejao Strabelli, TM, Campos Vieira, ML, de Medeiros Tranchesi, RA, Paiva, MG, Fortes, CQ, Ramos, ADO, Ferraiuoli, G, Golebiovski, W, Lamas, C, Santos, M, Weksler, C, Karlowsky, JA, Keynan, Y, Morris, AM, Rubinstein, E, Jones, SB, Garcia, P, Cereceda, M, Fica, A, Mella, RM, Barsic, B, Bukovski, S, Krajinovic, V, Pangercic, A, Rudez, I, Vincelj, J, Freiberger, T, Pol, J, Zaloudikova, B, Ashour, Z, El Kholy, A, Mishaal, M, Rizk, H, Aissa, N, Alauzet, C, Alla, F, Campagnac, C, Doco-Lecompte, T, Selton-Suty, C, Casalta, J-P, Fournier, P-E, Habib, G, Raoult, D, Thuny, F, Delahaye, F, Delahaye, A, Vandenesch, F, Donal, E, Donnio, PY, Michelet, C, Revest, M, Tattevin, P, Violette, J, Chevalier, F, Jeu, A, Dan, Rusinaru, Sorel, C, Tribouilloy, C, Bernard, Y, Chirouze, C, Hoen, B, Leroy, J, Plesiat, P, Naber, C, Neuerburg, C, Mazaheri, B, Athanasia, S, Giannitsioti, E, Mylona, E, Paniara, O, Papanicolaou, K, Pyros, J, Skoutelis, A, Sharma, G, Francis, J, Nair, L, Thomas, V, Venugopal, K, Hannan, M, Hurley, J, Gilon, D, Israel, S, Korem, M, Strahilevitz, J, Tripodi, MF, Casillo, R, Cuccurullo, S, Dialetto, G, Durante-Mangoni, E, Irene, M, Ragone, E, Utili, R, Cecchi, E, De Rosa, F, Imazio, M, Trinchero, R, Tebini, A, Grossi, P, Lattanzio, M, Toniolo, A, Goglio, A, Raglio, A, Ravasio, V, Rizzi, M, Suter, F, Carosi, G, Magri, S, Signorini, L, Baban, T, Kanafani, Z, Kanj, SS, Sfeir, J, Yasmine, M, Abidin, I, Tamin, SS, Martinez, ER, Nieto, GIS, van der Meer, JTM, Chambers, S, Murdoch, DR, Dragulescu, S, Ionac, A, Mornos, C, Butkevich, OM, Chipigina, N, Kirill, O, Vadim, K, Edathodu, J, Halim, M, Lum, L-N, Tan, R-S, Lejko-Zupanc, T, Logar, M, Mueller-Premru, M, Commerford, P, Commerford, A, Deetlefs, E, Hansa, C, Ntsekhe, M, Armero, Y, Azqueta, M, Castaneda, X, Cervera, C, Falces, C, Garcia-de-la-Maria, C, Fita, G, Gatell, JM, Marco, F, Mestres, CA, Miro, JM, Moreno, A, Ninot, S, Pare, C, Pericas, J, Ramirez, J, Rovira, I, Sitges, M, Anguera, I, Font, B, Guma, JR, Bermejo, J, Garcia Fernandez, MA, Gonzalez-Ramallo, V, Marin, M, Munoz, P, Pedromingo, M, Roda, J, Rodriguez-Creixems, M, Solis, J, Tornos, P, de Alarcon, A, Parra, R, Alestig, E, Johansson, M, Olaison, L, Snygg-Martin, U, Pachirat, O, Pachirat, P, Pussadhamma, B, Senthong, V, Casey, A, Elliott, T, Lambert, P, Watkin, R, Eyton, C, Klein, JL, Bradley, S, Kauffman, C, Bedimo, R, Crowley, AL, Douglas, P, Drew, L, Fowler, VG, Holland, T, Mudrick, D, Samad, Z, Sexton, D, Stryjewski, M, Wang, A, Lerakis, S, Cantey, R, Steed, L, Dickerman, SA, Bonilla, H, DiPersio, J, Salstrom, S-J, Baddley, J, Patel, M, Peterson, G, Stancoven, A, Afonso, L, Kulman, T, Levine, D, Rybak, M, Cabell, CH, Baloch, K, Dixon, CC, Harding, T, Jones-Richmond, M, Park, LP, Redick, T, Stafford, J, Anstrom, K, Bayer, AS, Karchmer, AW, Sexton, DJ, Chu, V, Durack, DT, Phil, D, Eykyn, S, and Moreillon, P

Abstract

The HACEK organisms (Haemophilus species, Aggregatibacter species, Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens, and Kingella species) are rare causes of infective endocarditis (IE). The objective of this study is to describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with HACEK endocarditis (HE) in a large multi-national cohort. Patients hospitalized with definite or possible infective endocarditis by the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study in 64 hospitals from 28 countries were included and characteristics of HE patients compared with IE due to other pathogens. Of 5591 patients enrolled, 77 (1.4%) had HE. HE was associated with a younger age (47 vs. 61 years; p<0.001), a higher prevalence of immunologic/vascular manifestations (32% vs. 20%; p<0.008) and stroke (25% vs. 17% p = 0.05) but a lower prevalence of congestive heart failure (15% vs. 30%; p = 0.004), death in-hospital (4% vs. 18%; p = 0.001) or after 1 year follow-up (6% vs. 20%; p = 0.01) than IE due to other pathogens (n = 5514). On multivariable analysis, stroke was associated with mitral valve vegetations (OR 3.60; CI 1.34-9.65; p<0.01) and younger age (OR 0.62; CI 0.49-0.90; p<0.01). The overall outcome of HE was excellent with the in-hospital mortality (4%) significantly better than for non-HE (18%; p<0.001). Prosthetic valve endocarditis was more common in HE (35%) than non-HE (24%). The outcome of prosthetic valve and native valve HE was excellent whether treated medically or with surgery. Current treatment is very successful for the management of both native valve prosthetic valve HE but further studies are needed to determine why HE has a predilection for younger people and to cause stroke. The small number of patients and observational design limit inferences on treatment strategies. Self selection of study sites limits epidemiological inferences.

Published
2013

5. Mechanical Thrombectomy Global Access For Stroke (MT-GLASS): A Mission Thrombectomy (MT-2020 Plus) Study.

Author

Asif KS, Otite FO, Desai SM, Herial N, Inoa V, Al-Mufti F, Jadhav AP, Dmytriw AA, Castonguay A, Khandelwal P, Potter-Vig J, Szeder V, Kulman T, Urrutia V, Masoud H, Toth G, Limaye K, Aroor S, Brinjikji W, Rai A, Pandian J, Gebreyohanns M, Leung T, Mansour O, Demchuk AM, Huded V, Martins S, Zaidat O, Huo X, Campbell B, Sylaja PN, Miao Z, Saver J, Ortega-Gutierrez S, and Yavagal DR

Subjects
Humans, Thrombectomy, Triage, Treatment Outcome, Brain Ischemia complications, Stroke diagnosis, Stroke epidemiology, Stroke surgery, Arterial Occlusive Diseases, Ischemic Stroke
Abstract

Background: Despite the well-established potent benefit of mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke, access to MT has not been studied globally. We conducted a worldwide survey of countries on 6 continents to define MT access (MTA), the disparities in MTA, and its determinants on a global scale., Methods: Our survey was conducted in 75 countries through the Mission Thrombectomy 2020+ global network between November 22, 2020, and February 28, 2021. The primary end points were the current annual MTA, MT operator availability, and MT center availability. MTA was defined as the estimated proportion of patients with LVO receiving MT in a given region annually. The availability metrics were defined as ([current MT operators×50/current annual number of estimated thrombectomy-eligible LVOs]×100 = MT operator availability) and ([current MT centers×150/current annual number of estimated thrombectomy-eligible LVOs]×100= MT center availability). The metrics used optimal MT volume per operator as 50 and an optimal MT volume per center as 150. Multivariable-adjusted generalized linear models were used to evaluate factors associated with MTA., Results: We received 887 responses from 67 countries. The median global MTA was 2.79% (interquartile range, 0.70-11.74). MTA was <1.0% for 18 (27%) countries and 0 for 7 (10%) countries. There was a 460-fold disparity between the highest and lowest nonzero MTA regions and low-income countries had 88% lower MTA compared with high-income countries. The global MT operator availability was 16.5% of optimal and the MT center availability was 20.8% of optimal. On multivariable regression, country income level (low or lower-middle versus high: odds ratio, 0.08 [95% CI, 0.04-0.12]), MT operator availability (odds ratio, 3.35 [95% CI, 2.07-5.42]), MT center availability (odds ratio, 2.86 [95% CI, 1.84-4.48]), and presence of prehospital acute stroke bypass protocol (odds ratio, 4.00 [95% CI, 1.70-9.42]) were significantly associated with increased odds of MTA., Conclusions: Access to MT on a global level is extremely low, with enormous disparities between countries by income level. The significant determinants of MT access are the country's per capita gross national income, prehospital LVO triage policy, and MT operator and center availability.

Published
2023
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