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Risk factors for recurrence were identified by regression analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>The total cohort comprised 665 patients. Of these, 10.2% (68\/665) had recurrent IE. The median time to recurrence was 1.0 (1.55\u20133.49) years. Patients with recurrent IE were significantly younger with 58.1\u2009\u00b1\u200915.8 versus 62.6\u2009\u00b1\u200914.6 years (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.017), but had a similar overall risk profile with EuroSCORE II 8.8\u2009\u00b1\u20093.9% versus 8.3\u2009\u00b1\u20093.7 (p\u2009=\u20090.271) compared with counterparts in the single episode group. Prosthetic valve IE (PVE) was more frequently noticed in the recurrence group at 45.6% (31\/68) versus 20.5% (122\/595; p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Abscess formation with fistulas was documented more frequently in the recurrence group at 5.9% versus 1.8% (p\u2009=\u20090.034). Mortality rates at 30 days was lower in the recurrence group at 2.9% versus 14.7% (p\u2009=\u20090.007), while 1-year mortality was similar at 33.3% versus 32.9% (p\u2009=\u20090.948). Kaplan-Meier (KM) estimates revealed similar long-term survival in both groups (log rank p\u2009=\u20090.726). Previous valve implantation (due to a non-infectious reason) and history of IE (previously treated conservatively or surgically) were identified as independent predictors of recurrence with odds of 1.410 (1.030\u20131.931; p\u2009=\u20090.023) and 1.822 (1.164\u20132.628; p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), respectively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Recurrence of IE is associated with previous valve implantation and paravalvular complications like fistulas. Surgical treatment of such high-risk patients is feasible with good short-term survival and similar long-term outcomes compared with single episode IE patients.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2903-8628","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,23]],"date-time":"2026-07-23T22:42:37Z","timestamp":1784846557000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Investigating the Impact of Disease Recurrence: Comparative Analysis of Surgical Outcomes for Recurrent versus Single Episode Infective Endocarditis"],"prefix":"10.1055","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6859-5384","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ahmed","family":"Elderia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Heart Center, University Hospital of Cologne, Germany","department":["Department of Cardiac Surgery"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ole","family":"Rasem","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Heart Center, University Hospital of 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