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Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management /
Despite advances in medical and surgical treatments, infective endocarditis continues to be an important clinical problem. It has an in-hospital mortality of 10-20%, and many patients will require valve surgery during long-term follow-up. Diagnosis is difficult since it is based on a range of findin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Springer London : Imprint: Springer,
2006.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2006. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Historical Perspectives and Basic Principles
- Perspectives on the History of Endocarditis
- Pathologic Findings: Valvular Destruction, Perivalvular Abnormalities, and Extracardiac Findings
- Changing Populations: The Elderly, Injection Drug Users, Health-Care-Associated and Immunocompromised Patients
- Microbiology of Infective Endocarditis and Microbiologic Diagnosis
- Prophylaxis of Endocarditis
- Diagnosis and Management Approaches
- Diagnostic Approach to Endocarditis
- Role of Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Management of Endocarditis
- Surgical Management: Indications and Technical Issues
- Treatment of Native Valve Endocarditis: General Principles and Therapy for Specific Organisms
- Clinical Dilemmas
- Blood-Culture-Negative Endocarditis
- Prosthetic Valve and Other Cardiovascular Device-Related Endocarditis
- Pediatric Infective Endocarditis and Congenital Heart Disease
- Systemic Embolism in Endocarditis: Incidence, Risk Factors, Clinical Significance, and Treatment Strategies
- Neurological Complications of Endocarditis: Pathophysiologic Mechanisms and Management Issues.