Endocarditis is a life-threatening disease that involves inflammation of the endocardium, heart valve, and vascular intima. Endocarditis is caused by pathogenic bacteria - around 90% of the cases are ...

One consequence of the ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States may be an increase in the number of hemorrhagic strokes caused by infective endocarditis, research suggests. Intravenous drug use ...

Anemia and transfusion of red blood cells are common in patients undergoing valve surgery for infective endocarditis, and ...

Endocarditis is an infection of the heart’s inner lining, the endocardium. However, in some cases, endocarditis may also be non-infective. In non-infective endocarditis or nonbacterial thrombic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There has been a dramatic increase in the number of staphylococcal bacteremias and cases of infective ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Infective endocarditis is an infection of the endocardial surface of the heart involving at least one heart ...

The risk of infective endocarditis is low in real-world patients who undergo TAVR, new data from the SwissTAVI registry show. But when infections do occur, the consequences can be devastating, ...

Despite advances in antimicrobial therapy, diagnostic imaging and cardiac surgery, infective endocarditis (IE) remains challenging clinically and is associated with high morbidity and mortality.

CORPUS CHRISTI (KIII NEWS) — Dr. Gregg Silverman joined First Edition Monday for "Dr. Is In.". He discussed what an infection of the heart valve called infective endocarditis is and how it affects a ...

Increased injection drug use has led to a spike in cases of the life-threatening heart condition endocarditis, with cases rapidly accelerating since the onset of Covid-19. The increased case count is ...