… Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) was shown in 46 patients out of a group of 2163
carrying prosthetic heart valves. The cumulative rate of early PVE was 1·4% and 1·5% for PVE …

… Conclusions Prosthetic valve endocarditis accounts for a high percentage of all cases of
infective endocarditis in many regions of the world. Staphylococcus aureus is now the leading …

… the clinical diagnosis of bacterial endocarditis on natural valves … with bacterial endocarditis
on natural valves seen between … No patient is included whose clinical findings could be …

… The most frequent clinical findings which led to suspicion of IE were: prolonged fever in
all cases, new or changing regurgitant murmur (67.9%) , dyspnea (57.1%), hepatomegaly (57.1%…

… intermediate between native valve and early prosthetic valve endocarditis. Prosthetic valve
endocarditis usually occurs on the sewing ring even in bioprosthetic valves and often results …

… of clinical findings, frequencies of different valves involved, special risk factors and complications
of infective endocarditis in … endocarditis into native valve endocarditis, prosthetic valve …

… drug users and early prosthetic valve endocarditis 5% each, late prosthetic valve endocarditis
12%, native valve endocarditis 26%). Involvement of the mitral valve was more common in …

… clnical features of pulmonary valve endocarditis.3 7-9 We therefore reviewed the clinical
spectrum and echocardiographic features in eight patients with pulmonary valve endocarditis. …

… valve endocarditis was similar to that noted in patients with native valve endocarditis with the
… of those with prosthetic valve endocarditis compared with 82.4 percent in those with native …

The clinical course of 12 episodes of native valve endocarditis (NVE) and 15 episodes of
prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) was studied. The mortality in NVE was 3/12 episodes and …