Background: Age is a risk factor for infective endocarditis, and almost half of diagnosed patients are age more than 60 years.\nLarge national studies have not evaluated inpatient mortality and surgical valvular interventions between older\nWhite and Black patients hospitalized with infective endocarditis.\nMethods: We used the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database to identify older adults more than 60 years in North America\nwith a principle diagnosis of infective endocarditis. Multivariate logistic regression was used to compare in-hospital\nmortality and valvular repairs/replacement between older Black and White patients......................
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