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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2078-7170</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[CorSalud]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[CorSalud]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2078-7170</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Cardiocentro Ernesto Che Guevara]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2078-71702020000200146</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Endocarditis infecciosa en válvulas protésicas]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Prosthetic valve endocarditis]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramos Emperador]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González Gorrín]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marian]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López Ramírez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mirtha]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Obando Trelles]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jaime]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nafeh Abi-Resk]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Manuel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Ayllón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Manuel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Clínico-Quirúrgico Hermanos Ameijeiras Servicio de Cardiología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Clínico-Quirúrgico Hermanos Ameijeiras Servicio de Cirugía Cardiovascular ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>12</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>146</fpage>
<lpage>154</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2078-71702020000200146&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2078-71702020000200146&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2078-71702020000200146&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción: La endocarditis infecciosa sobre prótesis valvulares cardíacas es una de las formas más graves de esta enfermedad, de difícil diagnóstico y asociada con elevada mortalidad.  Objetivo:  Describir las características de la endocarditis infecciosa en válvulas cardíacas protésicas.  Método:  Se realizó un estudio observacional, descriptivo y transversal desde 2006 hasta 2019 en el Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras. La muestra fue de 40 pacientes. Se utilizaron estadígrafos descriptivos como la media aritmética y la desviación estándar para las variables cuantitativas continuas y el porcentaje para las cualitativas.  Resultados:  La edad media de los pacientes fue de 54,29±16,07 años, predominaron aquellos con edades entre 40-49 y 60-69 años (27,5%), así como del sexo masculino (67,5%), y el tipo de endocarditis más frecuente fue la tardía 65%. La sepsis oral (27,5%) y la cirugía previa (25%) fueron la puerta de entrada más frecuente. Prevalecieron los cultivos negativos (40%) y los agentes causales estafilococos coagulasa negativos (25%) y estafilococos áureos (10%). En las complicaciones predominaron las insuficiencias cardíacas (32%) y renal (22,5%), y un 20% de los casos tuvo dehiscencia de sutura. El 52,5% de los pacientes recibió tratamiento quirúrgico y la mortalidad fue del 30%.  Conclusiones:  Predominó la endocarditis tardía, con hemocultivo negativo y de prótesis aórtica. La dehiscencia de prótesis fue el hallazgo ecocardiográfico más encontrado y la insuficiencia cardíaca, la complicación más frecuente. El tratamiento quirúrgico fue el más utilizado y la mortalidad, ajustada para esta enfermedad, fue baja.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Infective endocarditis in prosthetic heart valves is one of the most severe forms of this disease of difficult diagnosis and associated with high mortality.  Objective:  To describe the characteristics of prosthetic valve endocarditis.  Method:  An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted from 2006 to 2019 at Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras. The sample consisted of 40 patients. Descriptive statistics such as arithmetic mean and standard deviation were used for continuous quantitative variables, and percentage for qualitative ones.  Results:  The average age of the patients was 54.29+16.07 years old, predominating those between 40-49 and 60-69 years old, as well as males (67.5%); the most frequent type of endocarditis was the late one (65%). Oral sepsis (27.5%) and previous surgery (25%) %) were the most frequent entry points. Negative cultures (40%) and coagulase-negative staphylococcus causative agents (25%) and staphylococcus aureus (10%) prevailed. Heart failure (32%) and kidney failure (22.5%) were the most frequent complications, and 20% of cases had suture dehiscence. The 52.5% of patients received surgical treatment and the mortality was of the 30%.  Conclusions:  Late endocarditis predominated, with negative blood cultures and of aortic valve prosthesis. Prosthesis dehiscence was the most frequent echocardiographic finding and the heart failure, the most frequent complication. The surgical treatment was the most used, and the mortality, adjusted for this disease, was low.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Endocarditis infecciosa]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Prótesis valvular cardíaca mecánica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Endocarditis en válvula protésica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Mortalidad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Infective endocarditis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mechanical prosthetic heart valves]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Prosthetic valve endocarditis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mortality]]></kwd>
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