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Endocarditis : Diagnosis and Management / edited by Kwan-Leung Chan, John M. Embil.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Chan, Kwan-Leung, Editor.
Embil, John M., Editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Heart--Surgery.
Heart.
Critical care medicine.
Diseases.
Cardiac Surgery.
Intensive Care Medicine.
Local Subjects:
Cardiac Surgery.
Intensive Care Medicine.
Diseases.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (416 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed. 2016.
Place of Publication:
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This timely new edition provides an up-to-date approach to the diagnosis and management of endocarditis. Each chapter from the previous edition has been updated to deliver a critical analysis on information gathered from the most recent studies on the subject. The current prophylaxis guidelines have been reviewed, along with the new diagnostic approaches in the detection of the disease, the proposed schemas to predict prognosis, and the new treatment strategies to improve the outcome of patients afflicted with this condition. Endocarditis: Diagnosis and Management, Second edition is relevant to all clinicians involved in the care of patients with this serious disease. It is a valuable resource for internists, infectious disease specialists, cardiologists, and cardiac surgeons alike.<.
Contents:
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 endocarditis and immunocompromised patients
Microbiology of Infective Endocarditis and Microbiologic Diagnosis
Prophylaxis of Endocarditis
Diagonstic Approach to Endocarditis
Role of Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Management of Endocarditis
Surgical Management: Indications, Timing and Surgical Techniques
Treatment of Endocarditis
Blood Culture Negative Endocarditis
Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis & Cardiovascular Device Related Infections
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.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
3-319-27784-7

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