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

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 ...

Infective endocarditis (IE) is still a fatal disease, and given its rarity, ongoing updates to patient characteristics and outcomes of IE are essential for providing precision diagnoses and effective ...

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

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.

Background: Aetiological diagnosis and targeted antibiotic therapy are essential to improve the prognosis of patients with infective endocarditis. Molecular tests on blood have been reported to be ...

A Scots mother-of-five has died from sepsis after being admitted to hospital with a "chest infection" - as her family pay ...

Background Bacteraemia and infective endocarditis (IE) are rare but severe complications of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Limited data exist on the incidence and microbiological ...