Experimental models of infective endocarditis antedate Garrison and Freedman's work in
1970. The hypothesis of the role of parasites (microorganisms) microscopically observed in …

It WAS about 100 yr ago that bacteria were identified as the cause of infective endocarditis.
Subsequently, there was a long period of clinical observation, during which time the natural …

Infective endocarditis is a serious heart disease which is sometimes very difficult to diagnose
and treat despite the progress made over the last few decades. The complex nature of the …

Abstract

Recent revrews of infective endocarditis (IE) have documented changes in predisposing
factors, etiology, and the clinical characteristics of this infection.'. Altbough “'atypical” or …

Three aspects of our current understanding of the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis are
reviewed: the size of the infected vegetation, host defence mechanisms and conditions …

Some details of 544 episodes of infective endocarditis occurring in 541 patients during 1981
and 1982 are reported. The mean age of patients was 51.6 years and there was a greater …

Numerous important observations concerning the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis
have been made over the past 18 years. Many of these observations have been obtained …

It seems appropriate in a symposium dedicated to the examination of septicemia, that one of
the topics for discussion should be the examination of the factors which allow circulating …

A simple and reliable model for endocarditis in rabbits has been studied and standardized.
Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis was produced on either side of the heart by the …