Endocarditis and Inflammatory Diseases
This video presents a Ross procedure with internal and external reduction annuloplasty using autologous tissue rings. The patient was a 41-year-old previously healthy male who presented after a syncopal episode. Workup showed complete heart block,...
This video presents a Ross procedure with internal and external reduction annuloplasty using autologous tissue rings. The patient was a 41-year-old previously healthy male who presented after a syncopal episode....
In this article, the authors report early and long-term outcomes of cryopreserved aortic homografts for complex native and prosthetic aortic valve or root infective endocarditis in the EUropean REgistry of...
Tricuspid valve endocarditis with extensive leaflet destruction presents a major surgical challenge, particularly when durable valve repair is no longer feasible and conventional prosthetic valve replacement may be undesirable. In...
In this retrospective study, the authors analyzed outcomes in 245 patients with left-sided infective endocarditis (IE) and noninfected cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) who underwent cardiac surgery, using data from...
In this LACES “Experts’ Insights” interview, Dr. Michael Borger, co-chair of the recently published 2023 ESC/EACTS Endocarditis Guidelines, briefly summarizes the most important take-home messages and changes of the guidelines.
...In this case, Konno aortic root enlargement was found to be the perfect solution to deal with an intraventricular septal aneurysm. The patient is a thirty-nine-year-old woman with a history...
The rising incidence of infective endocarditis (IE) along with the de-escalation of antibiotic prophylaxis and the complexity of surgical treatment makes IE treatment a challenge. In this study, researchers reviewed...
The patient featured in this video is a twenty-four-year-old woman with past medical history of intravenous drug abuse, ADHD, anxiety, depression, hepatitis C, PTSD, and morbid obesity, with a BMI...
Recently, there has been an increase in infective endocarditis cases among people who inject drugs. As a result, the American Heart Association has sponsored a writing group of recognized experts...
This is brief informative review that aids in decision making and provides criteria for early surgery for infective endocarditis in the setting of a neurologic event.
...Interesting hypothesis in a rodent model of myxomatous degeneration.
...In a cohort of 416 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, nearly 20% had elevated troponins indicating myocardial injury. These patients also had a host of other serum and radiographic abnormalities, were...





