Active Infective Aortic Valve Endocarditis with Infection Extension

Clinical Features, Perioperative Echocardiographic Findings and Results of Surgical Treatment

Henryk Siniawski (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

X, 59 Seiten

2006
Steinkopff (Verlag)
978-3-7985-1521-5 (ISBN)

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Active infective endocarditis is one of the most serious diseases of the heart. Infection often causes periannular abscess, and may also spread to affect the mitral valve structures. This complication carries a high mortality rate and valve replacement followed by intensive care and antibiotic treatment may be the only option to save patients lives. Severe hemodynamic depression caused by bacterial shock, is today no longer a counter-indication, and the second major risk factor, that of postoperative reinfection, has been greatly reduced by using homografts and new valve prostheses that are resistant to bacterial infection. Timely operation, before complex destruction of cardiac structures occurs, achieves a much higher rate of survival.This assessment of the results of surgical treatment of active infective endocarditis was performed at the German Heart Institute Berlin. It focuses on preoperative investigation and proposes a new classification of this endocarditic disease.

Abstract.- Aims of Investigation.- Patients and Methods.- Echocardiographic Study.- Surgery and Indications for Surgery.- Results.- Discussion.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.4.2006
Reihe/Serie	Fortschritte in der Herz-, Thorax- und Gefässchirurgie ; 6
Zusatzinfo	X, 59 p.
Verlagsort	Heidelberg
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 242 mm
Gewicht	155 g
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Herz- / Thorax- / Gefäßchirurgie
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Kardiologie / Angiologie
Schlagworte	Assessment • bacterial infection • Care • classification • complication • Depression • Echocardiography • Endokarditis • heart • Infection • Intensive care • Mortality • Perioperative Echokardiografie • Surgery • Treatment
ISBN-10	3-7985-1521-2 / 3798515212
ISBN-13	978-3-7985-1521-5 / 9783798515215
Zustand	Neuware