OBJECTIVE To analyze the clinical cases of infective endocarditis in elderly patients with vascular thrombosis,understand the relevant risk factors and explore appropriate intervention countermeasures.METHODS Clinical data of 124 cases of elderly infective endocarditis in the medical department during Jan.2010 to Oct.2013 were analyzed.The patients were divided into the vascular embolization group(28cases)and the nonvascular embolization group(96cases)according to the presence of vascular embolization.The u...