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- Title
Infective Endocarditis-Prophylaxis, Diagnostic Criteria, and Treatment.
- Authors
Westphal, Nadja; Plicht, Björn; Naber, Christoph
- Abstract
The article presents information related to infective endocarditis (IE), its diagnosis and treatment. IE is an endovascular infection that affects the native heart valves and intravascularly implanted foreign materials such as valvular prostheses or pacemaker electrodes. Echocardiographic diagnosis and the identification of the causative organism are essential prerequisites for targeted therapy of IE. Surgical treatment is indicated for cases with a complicated clinical course.
- Subjects
INFECTIVE endocarditis; HEART valves; CARDIAC infections; MEDICAL research; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
- Publication
Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, 2009, Vol 106, Issue 28/29, p8
- ISSN
1866-0452
- Publication type
Article