Infective endocarditis(IE), or the infection of the heart valves, is associated with poor prognosis and remains a significant therapeutic challenge. Predominantly linked with staphylococci andstreptococcibiofilms, IE is notoriously difficult to treat, even after high-dose, week-long intravenousantibioticreg...
Infective endocarditis (IE) is a rare, life-threatening disease that has long-lasting effects even among patients who survive and are cured. IE disproportionately affects those with underlying structural heart disease and is increasingly associated with
et al. The impact of valve surgery on short- and long-term mortality in left-sided infective endocarditis: do differences in methodological approaches explain previous conflicting results? Eur. Heart J. 32, 2003–2015 (2011). This is an in-depth analysis of the association between surgery and...
Clinical guidelines suggest deferring surgery for IE in people who inject drugs (PWID) due to a concern for worse outcomes in comparison to non-injectors (non-PWID). We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of long-term outcomes in PWID who underwent cardiac surgery and compared ...
In the case of long-term catheters, blood may be drawn simultaneously through the line and the peripheral vein. If it is impossible to draw blood from a peripheral vein in the presence of a multilumen catheter, one sample may be obtained through each of 2 catheter lumens. In a catheter ...
Long term complications include the increased risk of re-infection, mechanical complications requiring repeated procedures and possibly life-long anticoagulation with its own attendant complications if prosthetic heart valve replacement is needed [2], [3]. Risk factors Traditional risk factors for the ...
helptoimprovethelongtermeffects. 【Keywords】Endocarditis,infective;Surgicaltreatment;Clinicaleffect 原发性感染性心内膜炎(infectiveendocarditis,IE) 至今仍是威胁人类健康和生命的重大疾病,虽然近年 来对其诊断与治疗取得了较大的进步,但其病死率仍 维持在16%(11%～26%)左右,年发病率为(1.9～ 7.6)/10万人 [1...
The effects of hematological parameters on mortality in long-term follow-up of patients with definite IE were investigated in this study. The 3-year mortality was 54.8%, with a median follow-up of 341 days (2–4003 days) in 155 patients with IE, whose records were assessed. Neutrophil/lymp...
Long-term results of surgery for active infective endocarditis. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 1997;11(1):46–52. Article PubMed Google Scholar Roder BL, Wandall DA, Espersen F, et al. A study of 47 bacteremic Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis cases: 23 with native valves treated surgically and...
European guidelines recommended amphotericin B with or without flucytosine or echinocandin at a high dose; however, they did not specify the duration of treatment advised for long-term suppressive therapy with oral fluconazole, whereas American guidelines mentioned long-term suppression therapy for only ...