| infective endocarditis in greece: a changing profile. epidemiological, microbiological and therapeutic data. | the epidemiology, and clinical and microbiological spectrum, of infective endocarditis (ie) in greece was analysed in a prospective 4-year study in a tertiary hospital and a heart surgery centre in athens. in total, 101 cases of ie (71 men, 30 women, aged 54.4 +/- 17.1 years) were studied, with a follow-up period of 3 months. seventy-seven cases were definite and 24 possible; 59 involved native valves (native valve endocarditis; nve), 31 prosthetic valves (prosthetic valve endocarditis; pve), of ... | 2004 | 15191385 |