منابع مشابه
Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis
In 38 cases of prosthetic valve endocarditis, 19 were early cases (onset < 60 days after insertion of prosthesis) and 19, late cases (onset> 60 days). Nine late cases had onsets 12 to 53 months after surgery. The sources or predisposing factors in late cases included dental disease or manipulation; genitourinary tract procedures; and skin, urinary, or wound infections. In contrast, most early c...
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1 of 2 DESCRIPTION A 29-year-old woman presented with pulmonary oedema and low cardiac output. Her mitral valve was replaced 20 years back with a Sorin mechanical valve. She had stopped anticoagulants a month back on her own for excessive menstrual bleeding. Echo showed a gradient of 26 mm Hg across the valve with regurgitation. Fluroscopy confi rmed limited disc opening of only 15° with incomp...
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Prosthetic valve endocarditis occurs in 2-4% of patients with prosthetic valves and carries a mortality of around 50%. A low index of suspicion should enable early diagnosis. The empirical use of antibiotics in patients with a prosthetic valve who develop an unexplained fever is inappropriate. Careful liaison between cardiologist, microbiologist and cardiac surgeon is essential for optimal mana...
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Fifty-three (3.6%; actuarially 4.1% at 48 months) of 1465 consecutive in-hospital survivors of valve replacement from 1975 to July 1979 (aortic, mitral, or aortic and mitral, only one untraced) developed prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE). Incremental risk factors for developing PVE were native valve endocarditis (p < .0001), black race (p = .0001), mechanical prosthesis (vs bioprosthesis) (p ...
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1 find it somewhat surprising that after twcnty years of valve replacement the subject is stiii a topic for discussion at major cardiac surgical meetings. This undoubt ediy reflects the status of valves today since there stili rernains no ideal vaive substitute. In fact in recent years there appears te be a general trend toward trying to preserve the patient's own natural valve by rather extens...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1982
ISSN: 1883-4108,0285-1474
DOI: 10.4326/jjcvs.12.104