Infective Endocarditis: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Imaging, Therapy, And Prevention
by Gilbert Habib /
2016 / English / PDF
11.1 MB Download
This reference resource represents the consensus opinion a team of
international specialists on the diagnosis and treatment of
infective endocarditis (IE), many of whom have been co-authors
of American or European guidelines on the topic. It is therefore a
useful tool for many practitioners: cardiologists and cardiac
imagers, cardiac surgeons, echocardiographers, specialists of
internal medicine, neurologists, and infectiologists.
This reference resource represents the consensus opinion a team of
international specialists on the diagnosis and treatment of
infective endocarditis (IE), many of whom have been co-authors
of American or European guidelines on the topic. It is therefore a
useful tool for many practitioners: cardiologists and cardiac
imagers, cardiac surgeons, echocardiographers, specialists of
internal medicine, neurologists, and infectiologists.
Infective endocarditis (IE) is defined as an infection of the
endocardial surface of the heart, which may include one or more
heart valves, the mural endocardium, or a septal defect. Its
intracardiac effects include severe valvular insufficiency, which
may lead to intractable congestive heart failure and myocardial
abscesses. If left untreated, IE is generally fatal. IE is a
changing disease with new diagnostic techniques, new therapeutic
strategies, more frequent elderly people and patients with
prosthetic valves of intravenous drug users.
Infective endocarditis (IE) is defined as an infection of the
endocardial surface of the heart, which may include one or more
heart valves, the mural endocardium, or a septal defect. Its
intracardiac effects include severe valvular insufficiency, which
may lead to intractable congestive heart failure and myocardial
abscesses. If left untreated, IE is generally fatal. IE is a
changing disease with new diagnostic techniques, new therapeutic
strategies, more frequent elderly people and patients with
prosthetic valves of intravenous drug users.
