The ESC-EORP EURO-ENDO (European Infective Endocarditis) registry

Abstract

Aims: The European Society of cardiology (ESC) EURObservational Research Programme (EORP) European Endocarditis (EURO-ENDO) registry aims to study the care and outcomes of patients diagnosed with infective endocarditis and compare findings with recommendations from the 2015 ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis and data from the 2001 Euro Heart Survey. Methods and results: Patients (n=3116) aged over 18 years with a diagnosis of infective endocarditis based on the ESC 2015 infective endocarditis diagnostic criteria were prospectively identified between January 1st, 2016 and March 31st, 2018. Individual patient data were collected across 156 centres and 40 countries. The primary end-point is all-cause mortality in hospital and at 1-year. Secondary end-points are 1-year morbidity (all-cause hospitalisation, any cardiac surgery and infective endocarditis relapse), the clinical, epidemiological, microbiological, and therapeutic characteristics of patients, the number and timing of non-invasive imaging techniques, and adherence to recommendations as stated in the 2015 ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis. Conclusion: EURO-ENDO is an international registry of care and outcomes of patients hospitalised with infective endocarditis which will provide insights into the contemporary profile and management of patients with this challenging disease.