To produce an experimental model of infective endocarditis without inserting catheters into
the heart, we injected a bacterial suspension into rabbits in which mitral complex lesions …

Three cases of mitral stenosis and insufficiency produced by clinically unsuspected healed
bacterial endocarditis are described. The vegetations in each case were calcified, devoid of …

Mitral obstruction due to a large vegetation of acute Streptococcus viridans endocarditis
occurred in a 47 year old man. Serial echocardiography documented the rapid growth of the …

The results of studies performed with animal models of experimental infective endocarditis
have provided valuable information about the pathophysiology, natural history, and …

SEVERAL ENIGMAS about the mechanism of valvular endocarditis still exist. Why such an
entity prevails at all requires elucidation. The relation of vegetations on the valve to an …

Four patients with conditions that mimicked active bacterial endocarditis of the mitral valve
are described. The cases were obtained from a series of 130 mitral valve operations …

Described here are some clinical and morphological observations in 37 adults having mitral
valve replacement for active infective endocarditis limited to the mitral valve. The operatively …

The production of experimental endocarditis in the dog by simple intravenous injections of
pathogenic micro-organisms has only been reported in a few instances and it is widely …

The susceptibility to endocarditis of rabbits following intracardiac placement of solid
cannulae (cardiac pacemaker electrodes) was compared to the susceptibility following …

While trying to define the types of patients with positive blood cultures seen at our hospital, it
was observed that infected indwelling polyethylene catheters were one of the most common …