INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS: PRACTICAL GUIDE TO DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT ACCORDING TO THE LATEST RECOMMENDATIONS - Couverture souple

Soufi-Taleb Bendiab, Nabila; Delhem, Ismahane

 
9786204267968: INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS: PRACTICAL GUIDE TO DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT ACCORDING TO THE LATEST RECOMMENDATIONS

Synopsis

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a special disease for at least three reasons:- neither its incidence nor its mortality has decreased during the last three decades; despite significant progress in diagnostic and therapeutic means, its mortality remains high;- it is not a uniform disease: its presentations are very variable, depending on the initial clinical manifestations, pre-existing heart disease if any, the microorganism, the presence or absence of complications, and the characteristics of the patient; for this reason, IE requires a collaborative approach, involving the general practitioner, the cardiologist, the surgeon, the microbiologist, the infectious disease specialist and often other physicians (neurologists, neurosurgeons, radiologists, anatomopathologists...);- recommendations are most often based on expert opinion because there are almost no randomized trials.

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