Dr, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Heping Fuyou Branch, Taipei, Taiwan

Publications

• Original Article   
  Incidence and associated risk factors of cancer in patients after infective endocarditis hospitalization: A propensity score matched analysis
  Author(s): Hung Yi Chen*
  
  BACKGROUND: The relationship between infective endocarditis (IE) and malignancies had been reported. However, cancer development is multifactorial and mortality is high in IE survivors. We aimed to estimate the absolute cancer risk in IE survivors and tried to find the potential risk factors. METHODS: This nationwide, population-based cohort study evaluated 8649 newly diagnosed IE who survived after discharge from first hospitalization using the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Data-base (NHIRD). Propensity score method was used at a 1:1 ratio based on age, gender, income, urbanization level, Charlson comorbidity index (CCI), concomitant medication, and medical history. The primary outcomes were all specific cancer types. All the variables matched for propensity score were anal.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2368-0512.1000087

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