German Registry of cardiovascular infections

Recruiting

• Conditions: I33; T82.7; T82.6; Acute and subacute endocarditis; Infection and inflammatory reaction due to cardiac valve prosthesis; Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other cardiac and vascular devices, implants and grafts

• Registration Number: DRKS00027416
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Freiburg

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-03-08
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1500

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with endocarditis (which according to modified Duke criteria are considered certain or possible)
Patients with LVAD infection (according to criteria of the International Society of Heart&Lung
transplant, ISHLT)
Patients with vascular prosthesis or stent infections (according to so-called MAGIC criteria)

Exclusion Criteria

no informed consent, age < 18 years.

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
In-hospital mortality. This parameter will be gathered from the patient's chart or from a telephone follow-up after 90 and 365 days.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1-year-mortality, recurrence-free survival, time to readmission, antibiotics-free interval. These parameters will be gathered from the patient's chart or from a telephone follow-up after 90 and 365 days.