Infective Endocarditis: A Challenging Disease
Autor: | Pierre Forgacs, Charles Z. Naggar |
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Rok vydání: | 1986 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Mitral Valve Prolapse business.industry Endocarditis Bacterial General Medicine Disease Middle Aged medicine.disease Anti-Bacterial Agents Surgery Echocardiography Infective endocarditis medicine Humans Endocarditis Female Warfarin Intensive care medicine Epidemiologic Factors Complication business |
Zdroj: | Medical Clinics of North America. 70:1279-1294 |
ISSN: | 0025-7125 |
DOI: | 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)30898-7 |
Popis: | 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: | OpenAIRE |
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