In this issue of CURRENT PROBLEMS IN CARDIOLOGY Drs. Reid, Chandraratna, and
Rahimtoola present an up-to-date review of an entity with a clinical spectrum that has …

The treatment of infective endocarditis requires a multidisciplinary approach, including
theexpertise of cardiologists, infectious disease specialists, and cardiothoracic surgeons. By …

The incidence of wound infection after clean surgery is often underestimated. Infection rates
up to 15% can be found by meticulous follow up (Leaper and Melling 2001). The …

Prosthetic valve endocarditis - a clinicopathological study of 31 cases Page 1 SAMJ VOLUME
69 29 MARCH 1986 441 Prosthetic valve endocarditis A clinicopathological study of 31 cases …

Of 296 incidences of infectious endocarditis seen between 1971 and 1980, 29 cases of late
prosthetic valve endocarditis (10%) occurred in 26 patients who had undergone valve …

Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) caused by Candida species is associated with high
morbidity and mortality. A combination of surgical resection and antifungal drug therapy is …

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 …

Forty patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) presenting during a 12-year period at
a single hospital were studied. Twenty-six were male and 14 female and ages ranged from …

Conclusion Our case represents an exceptional form of atrial myxoma. Since the clinical
presentation of infected myxoma may be similar to that of uninfected myxoma, blood cultures …

Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) remains an uncommon but seri-ous complication of
cardiac valve replacement. We analysed several risk factors (active or healed, early or late …