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  1. 16-05-2024 | Endocarditis | Online First

    Infective endocarditis—whose baby? Everyone’s!

  2. Open Access 14-05-2024 | Endocarditis | Online First

    Perioperative care in infective endocarditis

    Patients undergoing surgery for acute infective endocarditis are among those with the highest risk. Their preoperative condition has significant impact on outcomes. There are specific issues related with the preoperative situation, intraoperative …

  3. 20-05-2024 | Endocarditis | Online First

    Aortic valve replacement with rapid-deployment bioprosthesis in case of infective endocarditis: a literature review

    Infective endocarditis (IE) is the infection of the endocardial surface of the native valve, prosthetic heart valve, or any implanted cardiac devices [ 1 , 2 ].

  4. Open Access 25-03-2024 | Endocarditis | OriginalPaper

    Calcium polystyrene sulfonate-induced rectal ulcer causing E. coli native-valve infective endocarditis

    Escherichia coli-associated native-valve infective endocarditis is a rare disease that affects elderly patients with underlying risk factors such as diabetes mellitus, malignancy, and renal failure. Long-term use of calcium polystyrene sulfonate …

  5. Open Access 01-12-2024 | OriginalPaper

    Fistula of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa in a patient with bacterial endocarditis: a case report and systematic literature review

    A fistulous tract in the mitro-aortic intervalvular fibrosa (MAIVF) is a rare entity, which presents as a complication of endocarditis or surgical trauma. Generally, it is associated to a pseudoaneurysm of the MAIVF (p-MAIVF) or aortic abscesses [ …

  6. 28-05-2024 | Online First

    Effectiveness and safety of cefazolin versus cloxacillin in endocarditis due to methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus spp.: a multicenter propensity weighted cohort study

    Infective endocarditis remains associated with high morbidity and mortality [ 1 ] but its epidemiology has evolved over the past few decades [ 2 ]. Staphylococcus aureus has become the most common pathogen, and the main cause of poor outcomes [ 3 …

  7. 08-02-2024 | Endocarditis | Report

    Tropheryma whipplei Endocarditis Presenting as Valvulopathy and Multiple Septic Emboli

    A 63-year-old man was admitted to the hospital for nausea, vomiting, and right flank pain. He was found to have septic emboli in multiple organs secondary to aortic valve endocarditis. He was started on broad-spectrum antibiotics and underwent …

  8. Open Access 21-05-2024 | Endocarditis | Online First

    Risk of infective endocarditis and complicated infection in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia – a retrospective cohort study on the role of bacteriuria

    Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common causes of bacteremia and the most common cause of severe bloodstream infections, resulting in high morbidity and mortality worldwide [ 1 – 3 ]. In high income countries, the incidence of S. aureus …

  9. Open Access 23-05-2024 | Endocarditis | Online First

    Echocardiographic monitoring of myocardial function in a female patient with right heart Loeffler endocarditis at thrombotic stage after Epstein-Barr-virus infection

    Loeffler endocarditis is the result of eosinophilic infiltration of the myocardium [ 1 – 3 ]. The possible cause can be a hypereosinophilic reaction due to drugs or parasites [ 4 ]. Also isolated tissue infiltrations without peripheral …

  10. Open Access 27-04-2024 | Endocarditis | Online First

    Surgery in patients with infective endocarditis and prognostic importance of patient frailty

    Frailty is characterized by a state of increased vulnerability to poor resolution of homeostasis triggered by stressors, which increases the risk of poor health outcomes [ 1 ] and has been increasingly recognized as an important risk factor …

  11. 10-04-2024 | Endocarditis | Online First

    Bartonella quintana pulmonary native valve endocarditis

    Bartonella quintana is a well-known cause of blood culture-negative endocarditis; however, pulmonary valve involvement is rare. The case of a 40-year-old African male who presented to the Emergency Department with chest pain, cardiac failure, and …

  12. Open Access 01-12-2024 | Cerebral Hemorrhage | OriginalPaper

    Impact of postoperative cerebral complications in acute infective endocarditis: a retrospective single-center study

    Cerebral complications occur in 20–40% of patients during the active course of infective endocarditis (IE) and can be associated with poor clinical outcomes [ 1 , 2 ]. Particularly, cerebral hemorrhage may worsen the degree of brain injury due to …

  13. Open Access 01-12-2024 | Endocarditis | OriginalPaper

    To repair or to replace in mitral valve infective endocarditis? an updated meta-analysis

    Valve infective endocarditis (IE) is a potentially life-threatening condition that affects patients’ livelihoods through either its occurrence or high risk of recurrence. Bacteria target the endocardium, particularly the heart valves, compromising …

  14. Open Access 08-03-2024 | Endocarditis | Case Study

    Bacterial endocarditis caused by contact lens usage

    A 17-year-old female presented with high fever, general fatigue, and dim eyesight. She had used colored contact lenses 3 weeks previously. Traumatic injury of the eye vessels led to systemic hematogenous infection and subsequent endocarditis

  15. 20-02-2024 | Endocarditis | BriefCommunication

    Recurrent bacteremia and endocarditis due to Staphylococcus capitis in a patient with Bowen’s disease: a case report

    This case report details the management of a 79-year-old male with recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus capitis bacteremia and endocarditis. The patient’s clinical journey encompassed multiple hospital admissions, with challenges in …

  16. Open Access 06-04-2024 | Ventricular Septal Defect | Online First

    Partial heart transplantation for destructive infective endocarditis

    Infective endocarditis frequently spreads beyond the valve tissue, especially in the aortic location. Invasive endocarditis may lead to abscess formation or fistula, with substantial tissue loss. Here, the case of a 31-year-old male patient with …

  17. Open Access 01-12-2024 | Endocarditis | OriginalPaper

    Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis of mitral valve associated with a lymphoproliferative malignancy: case report and literature review

    Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) is a rare condition characterized by sterile vegetations affecting undamaged heart valves. The mitral valve is the most commonly affected, and these friable aseptic masses are composed of fibrin and …

  18. 20-05-2024 | Endocarditis | Online First

    The role of time to positive blood cultures in enhancing the predictive capability of DENOVA score for diagnosing infective endocarditis in patients with Enterococcus faecalis bacteremia

    DENOVA-score is useful to stratify the risk of infective endocarditis (IE) in Enterococcus faecalis bacteremia. Recently, time to positive (TTP) of blood cultures has also been related with a higher risk of IE. The objective was to evaluate …

  19. Open Access 01-12-2024 | Splenectomy | OriginalPaper

    Management of embolic splenic abscess secondary to aortic valve endocarditis – case report and review of literature

    Systemic embolism is a relatively frequent complication of infective endocarditis (IE). It has been estimated that 1 out of 4 patients with IE presents with some degree of systemic embolism, the most common sites being the central nervous system …

  20. Open Access 01-12-2024 | Stroke | OriginalPaper

    Characteristics associated with occurrence of stroke in patients with infective endocarditis – a retrospective cohort study

    Stroke is a potentially devastating complication of infective endocarditis (IE) and associated with worse outcome, especially death [ 1 , 2 ]. The significance of factors contributing to the complication of stroke in IE is not yet entirely …

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