Infective endocarditis is an endovascular microbial infection of cardiovascular structures,
including large intrathoracic vessels and intracardiac foreign bodies. The characteristic …

The most important example of intravascular infection is infective endocarditis (IE), a
common and serious disorder in man. In the past, these infections were uniformly fatal, but …

Infective endocarditis is a microbial infection of the endocardial surface and, despite
improvements in diagnostic accuracy, medical therapy and surgical techniques, mortality …

The annual incidence of infective endocarditis is estimated around 30 cases per million
inhabitants in population-based studies performed in western countries. The incidence of …

Infective endocarditis (IE) is an uncommon infection, occurring as a complication in varying
percentages of bacteremic episodes. The ability of an organism to cause endocarditis is the …

With infective endocarditis afflicting 15,000 patients each year and with a mortality rate that
still hovers at almost 40%, the disease remains a very serious health problem. Surprisingly …

Objectives: The objective was to determine the current epidemiology of infective
endocarditis. Patients and Methods: All microbiologically positive episodes of infective …

Endocarditis pathogens colonize valves with pre-existing sterile vegetations or valves with
minimal endothelial lesions. Inflamed endothelia produce cytokines, integrins, and tissue …

The annual incidence of infective endocarditis (IE) is estimated to be between 15 and 80
cases per million persons in population-based studies. The incidence of IE is markedly …

We analyzed 50 cases of bicuspid aortic valve endocarditis in patients who presented to St.
Thomas' Hospital from 1970 through 1998. These represented 12.3% of the 408 cases of …