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

open access: yes, 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   +3 more
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Epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii infection in Africa: a OneHealth systematic review [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +67 more
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Long-term outcome after tricuspid valvectomy in a neonate with Candida endocarditis : a case report [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Type A Quadricuspid Aortic Valve Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Multiple Aortocardiac Fistulae: Case Report and Brief Literature Review

open access: yesCase Reports in Cardiology, 2017
Aortocardiac fistulae (ACF) are exceptionally due to infective endocarditis; they are usually congenital, posttraumatic, or complicate aortic dissection.
Amine Ghalem   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

An unusual case of disseminated intravascular coagulation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The use of cardiac pacemakers is increasing worldwide. Infective endocarditis from a pacemaker lead is a rare, but one of the most severe complications of pacemaker insertion.
Alshaker, Heba   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Arthritis as a manifestation of infective endocarditis

open access: yesJournal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University: Series Medicine, 2020
Introduction. Diagnosis of infective endocarditis is a challenging task for clinicians. The issue of early infective endocarditis detection is topical, since the mortality rate of this pathological condition is high; also, along with the classic symptoms
Karyna Uvarova
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical features of the course of infective endocarditis of prosthetic valves and endocarditis of intracardiac devices

open access: yesЛечащий Врач
Background. The increase in the number of cardiac surgeries has also led to a growth in cases of infective endocarditis of prosthetic valves and intracardiac devices.
V. A. Mosina   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prophylaxis of Infective Endocarditis: A Cross Sectional Survey among Physician Members of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology

open access: yesActa Médica Portuguesa, 2022
Introduction: In the last decade, the downgrading of indications for antibiotic prophylaxis for infective endocarditis caused an uncertain impact on the incidence of this condition.
Catarina de Sousa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An unusual case report of mitral valve apparatus sparing left atrial appendage vegetation presenting as endogenous endophthalmitis

open access: yesThe Egyptian Heart Journal, 2021
Background Ocular manifestations of infective endocarditis are nonspecific and rare. Endophthalmitis, retinal artery occlusion, Roth spots and vitreal and retinal infiltrations can all be seen with infective endocarditis.
Rupesh Kumar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Contrast-Enhanced Echocardiograms on the Prognosis of Infective Endocarditis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Objective - Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infectious disease of the cardiac valves where bacteria colonize the valves; typically, via the formation of vegetations.
Arias, D.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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