endocarditis disease - Health Topics
Patients with culture-negative infective endocarditis differ in presentation and features of the disease from those with culture-positive infective endocarditis but have similar survival outcomes. The New England Journal of Medicine: Bacterial Endocarditis Following Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease BEFORE the antibiotic era subacute bacterial endocarditis was almost invariably a fatal complication in congenital and acquired heart disease. 1β3 The offending organism was Streptococcus viridans in ...
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Endocarditis is a life-threatening disease that involves inflammation of the endocardium, heart valve, and vascular intima. Endocarditis is caused by pathogenic bacteria - around 90% of the cases are ... Healio: Valve replacement resulting in endocarditis may occur in congenital heart disease Open Heart: Long-term outcomes of mitral valve surgery in infective endocarditis: a single-centre UK experience Background The optimal surgical strategy for mitral valve (MV) infective endocarditis (IE) remains uncertain. Although valve repair is increasingly advocated, MV replacement is frequently performed, ...
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Long-term outcomes of mitral valve surgery in infective endocarditis: a single-centre UK experience