Cite this: Native Triple-Valve Endocarditis Caused by Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus sanguis - Medscape - Jun 01, 2007. Summary and Case Discussion of Diagnosis ...

The procedures are not mutually exclusive, however, and should be considered on a patient-by-patient basis, a researcher says ...

But James's hospital treatment was not over yet - the femoral artery burst in his leg as a complication from his previous ...

Objective To assess the long term prognostic significance of aortic valve ring abscess in patients with aortic endocarditis. Patients A consecutive series of 75 patients who had surgery for aortic ...

Background Native aortic and mitral valve infective endocarditis (AVE and MVE, respectively) are usually grouped together as left-sided native valve infective endocarditis (LNVE), while the ...

Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by staphylococci or non-HACEK gram-negative bacteria (Urgent/Elective). Prevention of systemic embolism. Aortic or mitral (native or prosthetic) valve endocarditis ...

This report describes a 45-year-old man who developed acute bacterial endocarditis involving the aortic valve due to Klebsiella type 19. Consequent to the infection the patient developed aortic ...

A 33-year-old man with a known bicuspid aortic valve presented with fever, chills, progressive fatigue, anorexia, and night sweats. Echocardiography confirmed aortic-valve endocarditis, but blood ...

Objectives Few studies have explored whether the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke varies among patients with degenerative aortic valve disease (DAVD) with different severity of aortic ...

Background—Few studies have explored the long-term function of cryopreserved homograft valves used for reconstruction of the right ventricular tract (RVOT) in patients with congenital heart disease.

There is currently no way to stop calcification of the aortic valve. If all else fails, the valve must be replaced. To better ...

Aortic stenosis is a heart valve disease that some people don't realize they have. So what is it, how is it treated?