The spectrum of recognized cardiac lesions underlying infective endocarditis has been
changing as a result of the decline in incidence of rheumatic heart disease, the recognition …

Objectives: Summarize the etiology of infective endocarditis. Review the appropriate
evaluation skills required to assess suspected cases of infective endocarditis. Explain the …

The medical records of 656 cases of infective endocarditis seen at the Columbia
Presbyterian Medical Center, 1938–1967, were reviewed. Only a small decline in the …

In a population of 930000 inhabitants all records of native valve infective endocarditis
diagnosed in the decade 1980–89 were reviewed. Using strict case definitions 132 clinically …

ContextSince the first modern clinical description of infective endocarditis (IE) at the end of
the 19th century, the profile of the disease has evolved continuously, as highlighted in …

METHODS Two approaches were used to identify the largest possible number of cases of
gram-negative bacillary bacterial endocarditis reported between 1945 and 1977. First, the …

Infective Endocarditis: a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge for the New Millennium Page 1
Scand J Infect Dis 32: 343–356, 2000 REVIEW ARTICLE Infective Endocarditis: a Diagnostic …

ContextLimited data exist regarding population-based epidemiologic changes in incidence
of infective endocarditis (IE). ObjectiveTo evaluate temporal trends in the incidence and …

To enhance the echocardiographic identification of high risk lesions in patients with
infectious endocarditis, the medical records and two-dimensional echocardiograms of 204 …

Study Design All hospital admission records at Mitsui Memorial Hospital in Tokyo between
January 1980 and December 1999 were retrospectively analyzed using the Duke criteria12 …