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.

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 ...

终末期肾病（ESRD）患者感染性心内膜炎（IE）风险高、预后差。研究人员分析西班牙 ESRD 合并 IE 患者的临床特征和预后，对比透析与非透析患者差异。结果显示 ESRD 患者有独特临床和微生物学特征，手术率低、死亡率高，透析和手术并非独立死亡风险因素。这为临床治疗提供参考。

Alistair Chisholm spent five months in hospital with a life-threatening illness, but has since returned to his duties as a ...

IE 的诊断面临诸多困难，其临床表现多样，就像一个善于伪装的 “变色龙”，容易让医生误诊。目前常用的改良杜克标准（modified Duke criteria）虽有一定的诊断价值，但也存在局限性，诊断敏感度和特异度约为 80% 。而且，IE ...

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About the expert Sasha Ross, DMD, MS, is a board-certified periodontist who has been with the Cleveland Clinic since 2013.

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He was born with aortic stenosis and had his first bout with endocarditis at age 18; open heart surgeries to replace his aortic valve took place in 1976, 1978, 1985, 1989 and 2005, when he had his ...

Any time bacteria enters the bloodstream, there is an increased risk of endocarditis, which is an infection of the heart valves. While tongue-scraping can be good for oral health, it’s important ...