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Coard KC, Prabhakar P, Bansal AS. Infective endocarditis at the University Hospital of the West Indies. A postmortem evaluation. West Indian Med J. 1989;38(4):217-21
Coard, K. C., Prabhakar, P., & Bansal, A. S. (1989). Infective endocarditis at the University Hospital of the West Indies. A postmortem evaluation. The West Indian medical journal, 38(4), 217-21.
Coard, K C, et al. "Infective endocarditis at the University Hospital of the West Indies. A postmortem evaluation." The West Indian medical journal vol. 38,4 (1989): 217-21.
Coard KC, Prabhakar P, Bansal AS. Infective endocarditis at the University Hospital of the West Indies. A postmortem evaluation. West Indian Med J. 1989 Dec;38(4):217-21. PMID: 2623845.
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West Indian Med J. 1989 Dec;38(4):217-21.

Infective endocarditis at the University Hospital of the West Indies. A postmortem evaluation.

The West Indian medical journal

K C Coard, P Prabhakar, A S Bansal

PMID: 2623845

Abstract

Thirty cases of infective endocarditis identified in the autopsy service of the University Hospital over a 10-year period are reviewed. The mean age of the patients was 30.6 years, and 70% were below the age of 40 years. Sixty per cent of the cases had previous heart disease of which rheumatic heart disease was the most common. Degenerative heart disease and floppy mitral valve contributed one case each. The mitral valve was most commonly affected, and there were only 2 cases of right-sided endocarditis. Evidence of systemic embolization was present in 83% of the patients. The results of this study are compared with others from both developed and under-developed countries.

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