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A Case Report of Acute Heart Failure Due to Infective Aortic Endocarditis Diagnosed by Point-of-care Ultrasound [PDF]

, 2020
Introduction: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening condition with significant morbidity and mortality, and can require surgical repair.Case Report: A 36-year-old man presented to the emergency department for worsening dyspnea and chest pain.
Gallagher, Ryan, Hite, Pamela, Jackson, Bradley, Wilson, Michelle   +3 more
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Presence Of A Congenitally Bicuspid Aortic Valve Among Patients Having Combined Mitral And Aortic Valve Replacement [PDF]

, 2012
Although bicuspid aortic valve occurs in an estimated 1% of adults and mitral valve prolapse in an estimated 5% of adults, occurrence of the 2 in the same patient is infrequent.
Hamman, Baron Lloyd, Hebeler, Robert Frederick, Janning, Kaitlin Georgeanne, Ko, Jong Mi, Roberts, William Clifford, Vowels, Travis James   +5 more
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Injecting Drug Addiction as a Risk Factor for Infective Endocarditis

Антибиотики и Химиотерапия, 2020
In recent decades, the number and ratio of the main risk factors for infective endocarditis has increased. Among them, injecting drug addiction and other peripheral vascular disease factors play a key role.
A. I. Danilov, S. N. Kozlov, I. P. Zharkova, A. V. Evseev, V. V. Mladov   +4 more
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Pulmonic valve infective endocarditis from staph lugdunensis

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2019
Pulmonic valve endocarditis is an extremely rare entity. Only 1.1% of all cases of all infective endocarditis affect the pulmonic valve. Furthermore, it is even more uncommon for such a disease process to occur in a young and healthy individual without ...
Syed Iftikhar, Vinh Luu, Teddy Truc, Amin Sabet, Javad Savoj, Mimi Biswas   +5 more
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Dermatologic manifestations of infective endocarditis [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2016
Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, infective endocarditis still shows considerable morbidity and mortality rates. The dermatological examination in patients with suspected infective endocarditis may prove very useful, as it might reveal ...
Rafael Tomaz Gomes, Larissa Rezende Tiberto, Viviane Nardin Monte Bello, Margarete Aparecida Jacometo Lima, Gisele Alborghetti Nai, Marilda Aparecida Milanez Morgado de Abreu   +5 more
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Epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii infection in Africa: a OneHealth systematic review [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Q fever is a common cause of febrile illness and community-acquired pneumonia in resource-limited settings. Coxiella burnetii, the causative pathogen, is transmitted among varied host species, but the epidemiology of the organism in Africa
A Benkirane, A Benslimani, A Corwin, A Omezzine-Letaief, A OmezzineLetaief, A Rekiki, A Znazen, AA Adesiyun, AA Adesiyun, AP Schutte, AR Kamga-Waladjo, B Adu-Addai, B Gummow, BD Perry, BP Mmbando, C Geiger, C Karema, D Schellenberg, E Angelakis, E Schelling, Elizabeth A. Reddy, EM Scrimgeour, F Scolamacchia, G Maartens, GA Ki-Zerbo, GM Blanc, H Tissot-Dupont, H Tissot-Dupont, HG Nahed, HT Dupont, J Domenech, J Julvez, JA Crump, JB Haumesser, JG Ayres, JH McQuiston, Jo E. B. Halliday, John A. Crump, L Epelboin, L Luoto, M Berri, M Georgiev, M Maurin, M Prabhu, M. Kariuki Njenga, Matthew P. Rubach, MO Hussien, N Kaabia, NM Anstey, P Brouqui, PE Fournier, R Gidel, R Gidel, R Kobbe, S Koulla-Shiro, S Koulla-Shiro, S Mazeri, Sarah Cleaveland, Sky Vanderburg, SMS Amal, SP Fiorillo, SR Manock, W van der Hoek, W van der Hoek, W van der Hoek, WF Amin, WP O'Meara, Y Maurice   +67 more
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Type A Quadricuspid Aortic Valve Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Multiple Aortocardiac Fistulae: Case Report and Brief Literature Review

Case Reports in Cardiology, 2017
Aortocardiac fistulae (ACF) are exceptionally due to infective endocarditis; they are usually congenital, posttraumatic, or complicate aortic dissection.
Amine Ghalem, Mohammed Bachrif, Anass Hbali, Mostapha Beghi, Nabila Ismaili, Noha El Ouafi   +5 more
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Do patients at risk of infective endocarditis need antibiotics before dental procedures? [PDF]

, 2017
What you need to know: - Patients with prosthetic heart valves, previous infective endocarditis, and some types of congenital heart disease are at highest risk of infective endocarditis - Invasive dental procedures cause bacteraemia, which can be ...
Cahill, T., Dayer, M., Prendergast, B., Thornhill, M.   +3 more
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Antibiotic prophylaxis with amoxicillin to prevent infective endocarditis in periodontitis patients reconsidered: a narrative review

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2021
OBJECTIVES: To discuss first, the adequacy of the antibiotic prophylaxis regimen currently recommended for the prevention of infective endocarditis in periodontitis patients, and second, preventive measures to decrease the rate of bacteraemia after ...
Christian R. Hatz, Mario Cremona, Chun Ching  Liu, Patrick R. Schmidlin, Anna Conen   +4 more
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Long-term outcome after tricuspid valvectomy in a neonate with Candida endocarditis : a case report [PDF]

, 2019
Tricuspid valvectomy is a rare surgical intervention, and knowledge regarding long-term outcome in children is lacking. We report a favourable outcome 11 years after tricuspid valvectomy in early infancy without subsequent surgery or other cardiac ...
Bogers, Ad JJC, Helbing, Willem A, Vanhie, Ellen   +2 more
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