Surgery for infective endocarditis

The last decade has seen many changes in the landscape of infective endocarditis (IE) – ranging from the epidemiology, microbiology, diagnostic techniques and indication for antibiotic prophylaxis. Unfortunately, the role of surgery in the patient with endocarditis, including the indication, timing...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c320a61285154e6b8c4ec8db4ebdfc692021-11-22T07:09:54ZSurgery for infective endocarditis10.24170/6-2-19951996-67412071-4602https://doaj.org/article/c320a61285154e6b8c4ec8db4ebdfc692017-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/SAHJ/article/view/1995https://doaj.org/toc/1996-6741https://doaj.org/toc/2071-4602The last decade has seen many changes in the landscape of infective endocarditis (IE) – ranging from the epidemiology, microbiology, diagnostic techniques and indication for antibiotic prophylaxis. Unfortunately, the role of surgery in the patient with endocarditis, including the indication, timing and type of surgery continues to be plagued by controversy. Although surgery has an important and established role in critically ill patients with endocarditis, the choice between medical therapy and surgery is often less clear cut and poses a major challenge to the physician treating this condition. The following article summarises some of these controversies including indications for surgery in native and prosthetic valve endocarditis, the timing of surgery, the choice of prostheses and issues surrounding anti-coagulation.M.R. EssopSouth African Heart Associationarticleinfective endocarditiscardiac surgeryDiseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) systemRC666-701ENSA Heart Journal, Vol 6, Iss 2, Pp 84-89 (2017)
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topic infective endocarditis
cardiac surgery
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701
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Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
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M.R. Essop
Surgery for infective endocarditis
description The last decade has seen many changes in the landscape of infective endocarditis (IE) – ranging from the epidemiology, microbiology, diagnostic techniques and indication for antibiotic prophylaxis. Unfortunately, the role of surgery in the patient with endocarditis, including the indication, timing and type of surgery continues to be plagued by controversy. Although surgery has an important and established role in critically ill patients with endocarditis, the choice between medical therapy and surgery is often less clear cut and poses a major challenge to the physician treating this condition. The following article summarises some of these controversies including indications for surgery in native and prosthetic valve endocarditis, the timing of surgery, the choice of prostheses and issues surrounding anti-coagulation.
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title_short Surgery for infective endocarditis
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