Naples, Italy - In patients hospitalized with infective endocarditis, young age, large endocardial vegetation, and/or high serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) are risk factors for major embolic ...

Future Microbiol. 2008;3(3):341-349. © 2008 Future Medicine Ltd. Cite this: Getting to the Heart of the Problem: Serological and Molecular Techniques in the ...

A workforce on the surgical management of tricuspid endocarditis in patients who inject drugs cautioned against relying on vegetation size and microbiology as criteria for surgery in these patients.

A European study has shown that vegetation length is a strong predictor of embolism and mortality after initiation of antibiotics in patients with infective endocarditis (IE). In combination with ...

Among patients with infective endocarditis, a vegetation size of greater than 10 mm was associated with higher likelihood of embolism and mortality, according to a meta-analysis. Researchers analyzed ...

THE nature of the valvular lesions in subacute bacterial endocarditis makes the use of anticoagulants appear a logical procedure in the prevention of fibrin formation. Such agents should thereby keep ...

Endocarditis is a rare, potentially fatal infection of the endocardium, or inner lining of the heart. It is usually caused by bacteria traveling through the bloodstream to the heart and is treated by ...

Background. Histological demonstration of microorganisms, vegetations, or active endocarditis in cardiac valve tissue is included in the Duke criteria and is considered to be a criterion of confirmed ...

The endocardium is the inner lining of the heart chambers and valves. Endocarditis is an infection of this lining. If not treated quickly, endocarditis can damage the heart and even lead to ...

Endocarditis can be a life threatening complication of MRSA in which the infection causes inflammation in the lining of the heart, and its valves and chambers. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus ...