Valve Disease

Surgical Treatment for Active Infective Endocarditis

Surgical Treatment for Active Infective Endocarditis: Primary Operation, In-Hospital Mortality

2020 – 2023, N = 343

The in-hospital mortality rates for patients who had primary operations for infective endocarditis at Cleveland Clinic were lower than expected rates, despite a high-risk patient population. Calculated observed to expected ratios remain less than the value of 1 indicating that Cleveland Clinic mortality is better than expected for these procedures.

YearO:E (observed to expected mortality ratio)
20200.6
20210.6
20220.6
20230.0

Source: Data from the Vizient Clinical Data Base used with permission of Vizient, Inc. All rights reserved.

Surgical Treatment for Active Infective Endocarditis: Reoperation, In-Hospital Mortality

2020 – 2023, N = 419

The in-hospital mortality rates for patients who had reoperations for infective endocarditis at Cleveland Clinic were lower than the expected rate. Calculated observed to expected ratios remain less than the value of 1 indicating that Cleveland Clinic mortality is better than expected for these procedures.

YearO:E (observed to expected mortality ratio)
20200.2
20210.3
20220.3
20230.5

Source: Data from the Vizient Clinical Data Base used with permission of Vizient, Inc. All rights reserved.