for clinical outcome and its correlation with microbiological etiology in patients with infective endocarditis (IE). Methods: A retrospective single-center analysis was performed from 2007 till 2009.

In patients with infective endocarditis, echocardiographic vegetation features, especially mobility of vegetation, predict risk for symptomatic embolism. Echocardiographic vegetation features can ...

hotmail.com Objective Infective endocarditis (IE) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) have an increased risk of developing IE.

Editorial referring to the article: Analysis of the SHARPEN Score in the Prediction of In-Hospital Mortality of Patients With Infective Endocarditis Undergoing Cardiac Surgery 1 Delgado V, Marsan NA, ...

Methods: 262 patients with 266 episodes of suspected infective endocarditis were referred for TTE and TOE over three years in a 423 bed university cardiology hospital. Patients were a mean (SD) of ...

Although there were no evidence-based data to support the initial implementation of recommendations for preventing IE, members of the American Heart Association committee on rheumatic fever ...

The statement also includes 4 clinical scenarios frequently encountered by clinicians. BCNE is defined as infective endocarditis (IE) without positive blood cultures, and it occurs in scenarios ...

Researchers from the University of Regensburg in Regensburg, Germany developed a new liquid chromatography (LC)-based method for determining ceftazidime and avibactam, two types of anti-infective ...

He said that "missed opportunities" to diagnose Mr Campbell with a heart infection known as infective endocarditis had "not more than minimally contributed to his death on the balance of ...

Researchers have created a molecular nanocage that captures the bulk of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, found in water—and it works better than traditional filtering techniques ...

这类患者不仅肾脏功能严重受损，身体的免疫防线也变得脆弱不堪，使得他们感染各种疾病的风险大幅增加。其中，感染性心内膜炎（Infective Endocarditis，IE）就是一种让 ESRD 患者深受其害的严重疾病。 过往关于 ESRD 患者感染 IE 的研究存在诸多不足。多数研究 ...