Fungal endocarditis accounts for 1% to 3% of all infective endocarditis cases, is associated
with high morbidity and mortality (> 70%), and presents numerous challenges during clinical …

From the 1Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, 2Yale University School of Medicine, New
Haven, Connecticut, 3Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western …

Pacemakers, implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs), and cardiac resynchronization
therapy (CRT) devices are lifesaving treatments for a number of cardiac conditions. Device …

Pacemakers, implantable cardiac defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronization therapy
devices are potentially life-saving treatments for a number of cardiac conditions, but are not …

A thrombin-like serine protease, jararassin-I, was isolated from the venom of Bothrops
jararaca. The protein was obtained in high yield and purity by a single chromatographic step …

Infective endocarditis is defined by a focus of infection within the heart and is a feared
disease across the field of cardiology. It is frequently acquired in the health care setting, and …

Stress-induced myocardial perfusion defects have been firmly established as an important
diagnostic and prognostic technique for identifying flow-limiting epicardial coronary artery …

The number of cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) implantations has increased
over recent years 1, 2 as a result of population growth, increasing life expectancy, adoption …

Abstract Purpose of the Review Infective endocarditis (IE) is a relatively infrequent infectious
disease. It does, however, causes serious morbidity, and its mortality rate has remained …

The clinical outcomes and safety of dalbavancin as primary and sequential treatment of
gram-positive bacteremia with infective endocarditis were evaluated retrospectively. The …