Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Chan, Kwan-Leung (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Embil, John M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Infectious diseases.; Cardiac surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cardiac Surgery.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Infectious Diseases.

This timely new edition provides an up-to-date approach to the diagnosis and management of endocarditis. Each chapter from the previous edition has been updated to deliver a critical analysis on information gathered from the most recent studies on the subject. The current prophylaxis guidelines have...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Perspectives on the History of Endocarditis
• Pathologic Findings: Valvular Destruction, Perivalvular Abnormalities and Extracardiac Findings
• Changing populations: the elderly, injection drug users, health-care associated endocarditis and immunocompromised patients
• Microbiology of Infective Endocarditis and Microbiologic Diagnosis
• Prophylaxis of Endocarditis
• Diagonstic Approach to Endocarditis
• Role of Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Management of Endocarditis
• Surgical Management: Indications, Timing and Surgical Techniques
• Treatment of Endocarditis
• Blood Culture Negative Endocarditis
• Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis & Cardiovascular Device Related Infections
• Pediatric Infective Endocarditis and Congenital Heart Disease
• Systemic Embolism in Endocarditis: Incidence, Risk Factors, Clinical
• Significance, and Treatment Strategies
• Neurological Complications of Endocarditis: Pathophysiologic
• Mechanisms and Management Issues.