Undersized donor hearts were indeed associated with more post-transplantation mortality -- but only among complex transplant ...

Cephalothin appears to be an excellent substitute for penicillin in treating bacterial endocarditis due to Staph. aureus or streptococcus other than enterococcus in patients for whom penicillin G ...

Results from the Euro Heart Survey on valvular heart disease—spanning 92 centers in 25 countries—have revealed that active infective endocarditis (IE) is still associated with a high mortality ...

Whether the large size of the vegetation (>1 cm) or location (anterior mitral leaflet) alone are indications for valve replacement surgery in bacterial endocarditis remains a subject of debate.

Rising central-line infections fuel healthcare-associated endocarditis with high mortality. Experts urge better catheter use, removal, and infection control. Central-line associated bloodstream ...

Transthoracic echocardiogram has low sensitivity and, if negative, should be followed by TEE to exclude endocarditis. Not all cases of non-HACEK Gram-negative bacterial endocarditis necessarily ...

"The provisional cause of death, as it stands, refers to Mr Campbell dying from multi-organ failure as a result of infective endocarditis." Infective endocarditis is a rare infection of the inner ...