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Echocardiography in infective endocarditis.

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Kisslo, J; Guadalajara, JF; Stewart, JA; Stack, RS
Published in: Herz
October 1983

Echocardiography may detect the presence of vegetative lesions in between 55 and 80% of patients with the clinical syndrome of bacterial endocarditis. While the mere presence of vegetations does not alone warrant surgical intervention in patients with this disorder those patients with echocardiographically documented large left sided lesions are more prone to embolic events and patients with multiple valve involvement do have a tendency for progressive valvular deterioration. Serial echocardiography is of help in identifying patients with certain complications such as leaflet disruption, abscess or fistula formation and ventricular compromise. Vegetative lesions do not regress in size with antibiotic treatment and may remain for years. Major criteria for surgical intervention continued to be clinical presence of refractory congestive heart failure, repeated embolic events or persistent septicemia. When surgical intervention is decided on clinical grounds, cardiac catheterization is rarely required in patients with adequate echocardiographic studies.

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Published In

Herz

ISSN

0340-9937

Publication Date

October 1983

Volume

8

Issue

5

Start / End Page

271 / 279

Location

Germany

Related Subject Headings

  • Prognosis
  • Humans
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial
  • Echocardiography
  • Cardiovascular System & Hematology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Kisslo, J., Guadalajara, J. F., Stewart, J. A., & Stack, R. S. (1983). Echocardiography in infective endocarditis. Herz, 8(5), 271–279.
Kisslo, J., J. F. Guadalajara, J. A. Stewart, and R. S. Stack. “Echocardiography in infective endocarditis.Herz 8, no. 5 (October 1983): 271–79.
Kisslo J, Guadalajara JF, Stewart JA, Stack RS. Echocardiography in infective endocarditis. Herz. 1983 Oct;8(5):271–9.
Kisslo, J., et al. “Echocardiography in infective endocarditis.Herz, vol. 8, no. 5, Oct. 1983, pp. 271–79.
Kisslo J, Guadalajara JF, Stewart JA, Stack RS. Echocardiography in infective endocarditis. Herz. 1983 Oct;8(5):271–279.
Journal cover image

Published In

Herz

ISSN

0340-9937

Publication Date

October 1983

Volume

8

Issue

5

Start / End Page

271 / 279

Location

Germany

Related Subject Headings

  • Prognosis
  • Humans
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial
  • Echocardiography
  • Cardiovascular System & Hematology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences