Topics:
Infective Endocarditis
Summary
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Authors
Gilbert Habib (Chairperson); Bruno Hoen; Pilar Tornos; Franck Thuny; Bernard Prendergast; Isidre Vilacosta; Philippe Moreillon; Manuel de Jesus Antunes; Ulf Thilen; John Lekakis; Maria Lengyel; Ludwig Muller; Christoph K. Naber; Petros Nihoyannopoulos; Anton Moritz; Jose Luis Zamorano
Declarations of Interest of the experts involved in the elaboration of the document.
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Table of contents: Full Text (ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines)
A to H
- Preamble
- Justification of the problem
- Epidemiology
- Pathophysiology
- Preventive measures
- Diagnosis
- Prognosis assessment at admission
I. Complications & indications for surgery in left-sided native valve IE
- Indications and optimal timing for surgery
- Principles, methods, and immediate results of surgery
J. Other complications of infective endocarditis
- Neurological complications, antithrombotic therapy
- Other complications (infectious aneurysm, acute renal failure, rheumatic complications, splenic abcess, myocarditis pericarditis
K. Outcome after discharge & long term prognosis
- Recurrences, relapses and reinfections
- Heart failure and need for valve surgery
- Long term mortality
L. Specific situations
- Prosthetic valve endocarditis
- Infective endocarditis on pacemakers and implantable defibrillators
- Right-sided infective endocarditis
- Infective endocarditis in congenital heart failure
- Infective endocarditis in the elderly
- Infective endocarditis during pregnancy
Previous versions
2004 European Heart Journal 00: 1-37 Full Text
2004 European Heart Journal 25: 267-276, Executive Summary
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