RT Book, Section
A1 David, Tirone E.
A2 Cohn, Lawrence H.
SR Print(0)
ID 55921182
T1 Chapter 37. Surgical Treatment of Aortic Valve Endocarditis
T2 Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, 4e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-163310-9
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55921182
RD 2024/04/19
AB Infective  endocarditis  is  a  disease  in  which  a  microorganism  colonizes  a  focus  in  the  heart,  producing  fever,  heart  murmur,  splenomegaly,  embolic  manifestations,  and  bacteremia  or  fungemia.  Early  diagnosis  of  this  condition  is  extremely  important  because  it  almost  invariably  leads  to  devastating  complications  and  death  if  not  treated  with  antibiotics,  combined  or  not  with  surgery.  Infective  endocarditis  is  defined  as  community-acquired  or  health  care–associated  infection.  The  latter  can  be  nosocomial  or  non–nosocomial  health  care  associated.