Infective endocarditis

Case Report / VOLUME 6, ISSUE 3, SEPTEMBER 2024

Late Dehiscence of Mechanical Aortic Valved Conduit and Distal Anastomotic Leakage due to Endocarditis Caused by Pseudomonas stutzeri

Mehmet Emirhan Işık and others

Infective endocarditis is the infection of the endocardial surfaces of the heart, including native valves, mural endocardium, or septal defects. Involvement of previously implanted prosthetic valves, intracardiac devices, or pacemakers are commonly predisposing risk factors for infective endocarditis. If left untreated, it is inevitably fatal due to complications such as congestive heart failure, stroke (...) Read More

Original Article / VOLUME 6, ISSUE 2, JUNE 2024

Prospective Clinical Follow-Up Results of Infective Endocarditis

Merve Arslan and others

Infective endocarditis is a clinical condition that affects the endocardial surface of the heart, involving natural or prosthetic heart valves and intracardiac devices. It is a high-cost and high-mortality infectious disease with an increasing incidence and is more frequently diagnosed with advancing diagnostic methods. Along with well-defined cardiac (previous endocarditis, presence of intracardiac prosthetic materials, (...) Read More