Acquired ventricular septal defect secondary to aortic valve endocarditis
Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryInfective endocarditis remains a deadly disease with a significant mortality rate. While ventricular septal defects (VSDs) have been linked to an increased risk of infective endocarditis, cases of acquired VSDs resulting from infective endocarditis are ...
Courtney M. Hanson +2 more
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Antibiotic prophylaxis of infective endocarditis [PDF]
, 2017 Links between infective endocarditis (IE) and den-tal and other invasive procedures were first identified in the1920s, and the use of antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) to prevent IEwas first recommended by the American Heart Association in1955. Recognising the
Dayer, M. +3 more
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Bicarbonate Resensitization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus to β-Lactam Antibiotics. [PDF]
, 2019 Endovascular infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are a major health care concern, especially infective endocarditis (IE).
Abdelhady, Wessam +5 more
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Predicting the occurrence of embolic events: an analysis of 1456 episodes of infective endocarditis from the Italian Study on Endocarditis (SEI) [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Embolic events are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with infective endocarditis. We analyzed the database of the prospective cohort study SEI in order to identify factors associated with the occurrence of embolic events ...
Alessandra Carobbio +14 more
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Infective endocarditis at a tertiary-care hospital in China
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2020 Background The aim of this study was to describe the clinical features and outcome of infective endocarditis at a general hospital in China and to identify the risk factors associated with in-hospital mortality.
Lulu Ma +4 more
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Parents' understanding of their child's congenital heart disease [PDF]
, 2004 Objectives: To assess parents' understanding of their child's congenital heart disease in various knowledge domains and to identify significant determinants of parental knowledge. Design: Cross sectional questionnaire survey. Setting: Tertiary paediatric
Chau, AKT +4 more
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Endophthalmitis and Mycotic Aneurysm: The Only Clues to Underlying Endocarditis
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2018 Infective endocarditis is a deadly disease that can present as a myriad of symptoms and thus its diagnosis can be missed. We present a case of infective endocarditis presenting as endogenous endophthalmitis and a ruptured mycotic aneurysm.
Taylor Surles, Alisha Brown
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CLINICAL CASE OF INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IN IV DRUG ABUSER
Journal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University: Series Medicine, 2016 Infective endocarditis in intravenous drug abuser is reviewed on the example of clinical case. Clinical examination, the clinical diagnosis, recommendations for surgical treatment, choice of optimal therapy are outlined in patient with infective ...
O. S. Makharynska, M. M. Lebedinska
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Isolated Pulmonary Valve Endocarditis [PDF]
Journal of Tehran University Heart Center, 2009 Infective endocarditis is one of the most severe complications of parenteral drug abuse. The outstanding clinical feature of infective endocarditis in intravenous drug abusers is the high incidence of right-sided valve infection, and the tricuspid valve ...
Mohammad Ali Hatamizadeh +3 more
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Rare case of bacterial endocarditis associated with ostium secundum atrial septal defect
Heart India, 2019 Aortic valve disease and ventricular septal defects are common lesions to be associated with Infective Endocarditis. However atrial septal defect is rarely associated with infective endocarditis, due to shunting taking place between low pressure ...
Rahul Singla +4 more
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