Infective Endocarditis (Guidelines on Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of)

Topics: Infective Endocarditis

Summary

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


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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