Table 2 Mortality rate in patients with neurological complication during various length of follow up by receiving neurosurgery or not in different types of neurological complication.

From: Long-term Outcome of Neurological Complications after Infective Endocarditis

Neurological complication

Length of follow up

1-year

3-year

5-year

At the end of follow-up

Neurosurgery

Non-

neurosurgery

Neurosurgery

Non-

neurosurgery

Neurosurgery

Non-

neurosurgery

Neurosurgery

Non-

neurosurgery

Ischemic stroke (n = 568)

9 (45.0)

198 (36.1)

10 (50.0)

247 (45.1)

10 (50.0)

270 (49.3)

11 (55.0)

299 (54.6)

ICH (n = 264)

77 (48.1)

46 (44.2)

86 (53.8)

51 (49.0)

96 (60.0)

52 (50.0)

99 (61.9)

57 (54.8)

Brain aneurysm (n = 79)

20 (27.4)

1 (16.7)

22 (30.1)

1 (16.7)

24 (32.9)

1 (16.7)

26 (35.6)

2 (33.3)

Brain abscess (n = 70)

6 (30.0)

10 (20.0)

6 (30.0)

12 (24.0)

8 (40.0)

14 (28.0)

10 (50.0)

17 (34.0)

Meningitis (n = 54)

3 (50.0)

17 (35.4)

3 (50.0)

20 (41.7)

4 (66.7)

23 (47.9)

4 (66.7)

28 (58.3)

Total (n = 1,035)

115 (41.2)

272 (36.0)

127 (45.5)

331 (43.8)

142 (50.9)

360 (47.6)

150 (53.8)

403 (53.3)