INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS – A CONTINUOUS CHALLENGE
INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS – A CONTINUOUS CHALLENGE
Author(s): Monica Mariana Baluta, MARIUS MARCIAN VINTILASubject(s): Health and medicine and law
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: native and prosthetic valve endocarditis; disease prognosis; mortality;
Summary/Abstract: This paper tries to emphasize why endocarditis definitions, diagnostic criteria and therapy need to be improved. First, we have summarized briefly the present data on endocarditis epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment. The paper will focus on contemporary problems related to native and prosthetic valve endocarditis. Every issue highlights at the end future perspectives that may improve disease prognosis and mortality.
Journal: American Journal of Medical Research
- Issue Year: 1/2014
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 53-64
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
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