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, 2022 Prosthetic valve infective endocarditis (PVE) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. With the increasing number of prostheses implanted every year, the incidence of PVE is expected to rise. The diagnosis of PVE is challenging as blood cultures are often negative and the sensitivity of echocardiography is suboptimal in the presence of ...
Sollini M. +6 more
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Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2015 We report Aspergillus delacroxii (formerly Aspergillus nidulans var. echinulatus) causing recurrent prosthetic valve endocarditis. The fungus was the sole agent detected during replacement of a mechanical aortic valve conduit due to abscess formation ...
Gábor Balázs Uhrin +7 more
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Corynebacterium striatum prosthetic valve endocarditis. A case report and literature review
Clinical Infection in Practice, 2020 Background: Corynebacterium striatum is a Gram-positive bacillus. It is one of the normal commensal flora of the skin and mucous membranes. It is generally considered to be a contaminant when grown in blood culture, however, it is increasingly recognized
Mohamed Kamal Mansour +5 more
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Aortic valve replacement after previous TAVI
Вестник трансплантологии и искусственных органов, 2023 Endovascular surgery for aortic valve defects has proven itself well in elderly patients with severe comorbidities competing with the underlying disease. However, the risk of dysfunction resulting from structural degeneration of bioprosthetic heart valve
D. A. Titov +5 more
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Sterile Aortic Root Abscess Mimicking Calcified Aortic Nodule: A Rare Case [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017 Aortic root abscess or aortic annular abscess is a serious complication of aortic valve endocarditis. It usually occurs in patients with prosthetic aortic valve and coagulase-negative staphylococcal endocarditis.
RUPESH KUMAR, JAVID RAJA, ALOK KUMAR
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International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.What's New? A substantial proportion of patients with microsatellite‐unstable gastrointestinal adenocarcinomas do not benefit from immunotherapy. This study demonstrates that microsatellite instability can be reliably detected in plasma‐derived extracellular vesicle DNA from patients with microsatellite‐unstable gastrointestinal cancers.
Aysel Ahadova +16 more
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular DiseaseBackground Whether a bovine or porcine aortic valve bioprosthesis carries a higher risk of endocarditis after aortic valve replacement is unknown. The aim of this study was to compare the risk of prosthetic endocarditis in patients undergoing aortic ...
Natalie Glaser +2 more
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Nakaseomyces glabrata endocarditis: A therapeutic dilemma
Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2023 Candida infective endocarditis is a rare but serious entity that often requires aggressive treatment. However, treatment can be challenging in patients infected with drug-resistant fungi and/or with substantial comorbidity.
Kin Ki Jim +3 more
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Artificial Organs, EarlyView.We report an insight from the PELS‐1– a multicentre, international registry focusing on postocardiotomy extracorporeal support use between 2000 and 2020. We focused on 24/2163 (1.1%) patients requiring V‐V ECMO after cardiac surgery. Mortality was high, with 21.7% of patients discharged alive and an overall 1‐year survival probability of 12.5 ...
Pasquale Nardelli +39 more
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The Contribution of [18F] FDG PET/CT in the Diagnosis of Prosthetic Valve Infective Endocarditis
Swiss Journal of Radiology and Nuclear MedicineIntroduction: Infective endocarditis is a potentially life-threatening disease that requires rapid and accurate diagnosis. Recently, [18F] FDG PET/CT has been incorporated as a new major criterion for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis.
Zakaria Ouassafrar +4 more
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