Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chan, Kwan-Leung (Editor), Embil, John M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2006.
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Critical care medicine.; Cardiology.; Infectious diseases.; Cardiac surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cardiac Surgery.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Infectious Diseases.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

Despite advances in medical and surgical treatments, infective endocarditis continues to be an important clinical problem. It has an in-hospital mortality of 10–20%, and many patients will require valve surgery during long-term follow-up. Diagnosis is difficult since it is based on a range of findin...