Infective endocarditis: a challenging disease.

Autor: Naggar CZ, Forgacs P
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Medical clinics of North America [Med Clin North Am] 1986 Nov; Vol. 70 (6), pp. 1279-94.
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)30898-7
Abstrakt: Enhanced clinical awareness of infective endocarditis, along with improved microbiologic methodology and more aggressive surgical intervention, has favorably influenced the outcome of the disease. The evolving nature of infective endocarditis over the past decade is described, as are the changing epidemiologic factors, microbiologic techniques, and echocardiographic contributions in the clinical management of patients with infective endocarditis.
Databáze: MEDLINE