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Erschienen in: Current Infectious Disease Reports 4/2010

01.07.2010

Clinical and Microbiologic Features of Multivalvular Endocarditis

verfasst von: Christine Selton-Suty, Thanh Doco-Lecompte, Yvette Bernard, Xavier Duval, Lorraine Letranchant, François Delahaye, Marie Célard, François Alla, Jean-Pierre Carteaux, Bruno Hoen, and the AEPEI Study Group

Erschienen in: Current Infectious Disease Reports | Ausgabe 4/2010

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Abstract

Multivalvular endocarditis accounts for 15% of all endocarditis. The mechanisms of spread of the infection differs whether endocarditis is only left-sided (involving both the mitral and aortic valves) or bilateral. In left-sided bivalvular endocarditis, it is often a secondary mitral lesion following a primary aortic endocarditis. Multivalvular endocarditis often results in severe and extensive cardiac lesions, well described at echocardiography and frequently responsible for severe heart failure. Patients often need surgery, which consists of radical debridement of all the infected tissue with reconstruction using different types of prostheses; therefore, the surgery may be very complex. The goal should be an early diagnosis of endocarditis to avoid spread of the infection to more than one valve, to improve the prognosis for those patients.
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Metadaten
Titel
Clinical and Microbiologic Features of Multivalvular Endocarditis
verfasst von
Christine Selton-Suty
Thanh Doco-Lecompte
Yvette Bernard
Xavier Duval
Lorraine Letranchant
François Delahaye
Marie Célard
François Alla
Jean-Pierre Carteaux
Bruno Hoen
and the AEPEI Study Group
Publikationsdatum
01.07.2010
Verlag
Current Science Inc.
Erschienen in
Current Infectious Disease Reports / Ausgabe 4/2010
Print ISSN: 1523-3847
Elektronische ISSN: 1534-3146
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11908-010-0112-5

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