Endocarditis is the infection and inflammation of an individual's endocardium. The heart chambers have an interior surface covered by a special lining, called the endocardium, containing a layer ...

Endocarditis is a rare and potentially life-threatening infection of the heart's valves or inner lining. Certain risk factors like having an underlying heart valve problem, using intravenous drugs ...

Infective endocarditis (IE) is by far the most common ... [1] The term IE refers to infection of the endocardial surface of the heart and implies the presence of micro-organisms within the lesion.

Antimicrobial prophylaxis for prevention of HACEK bacterial endocarditis before invasive dental procedures should be reserved for selected high-risk patients with prosthetic heart valves ...

Results from the Euro Heart Survey on valvular heart disease—spanning 92 centers in 25 countries—have revealed that active infective endocarditis (IE) is still associated with a high mortality ...

Q. I have a leaky heart valve that may need surgery down the road. Can you tell me about heart-valve surgery in one of your columns? A. First, let’s explain briefly how the heart works.

rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease and infective endocarditis. (Otto CM, et al. Circulation. 2020;34A[e105, table 15]). Stage B disease (progressive aortic regurgitation) is anatomically ...

CoNS endocarditis is common and serious, with high mortality but improving prognosis. A major study explores key insights.

ENDOCARDITIS due to fungi is a rare disease and one in which little success has been achieved in therapy. Seventeen cases of endocarditis due to Histoplasma ...