Echocardiographic features | Number of patients (%) |
Vegetation | 75 (100.0%) |
Location | |
Mitral valve | 37 (49.3%) |
Aortic valve | 29 (38.7%) |
Mitral and aortic valve | 11 (14.7%) |
Tricuspid valve | 6 (8.0%) |
Pulmonary valve | 4 (5.3%) |
Other sites of vegetations | 10 (13.3%) |
Size | |
<10 mm | 37 (49.3%) |
>10 mm | 38 (50.7%) |
Number | |
Single | 26 (34.7%) |
Multiple | 49 (65.3%) |
New/worsening regurgitation (changing murmur) | 13 (17.3%) |
Cardiac abscess | |
Aortic root abscess | 3 (4.0%) |
Cuspal perforation | 2 (2.7%) |
Pericardial effusion | 3 (4.0%) |
Prosthetic valve dysfunction | |
Dehiscence | 1 (1.3%) |
Paravalvular leak | 4 (5.3%) |