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Endocarditis

Diagnosis and Management

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  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. Kwan-Leung Chan

    1. Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada

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  2. John M. Embil

    1. Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

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  • Only up-to-date clinically oriented textbook available for the diagnosis and management of endocarditis
  • Well-structured and easy to follow format presenting clinically relevant critical analysis of the recent studies

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Historical Perspectives and Basic Principles

    1. Perspectives on the History of Endocarditis

      • Allan Ronald
      Pages 1-4

    2. Pathologic Findings: Valvular Destruction, Perivalvular Abnormalities, and Extracardiac Findings

      • John P. Veinot
      Pages 5-21

    3. Changing Populations: The Elderly, Injection Drug Users, Health-Care-Associated and Immunocompromised Patients

      • Yasmin Maor, Ethan Rubinstein
      Pages 23-35

    4. Microbiology of Infective Endocarditis and Microbiologic Diagnosis

      • Stuart J. Skinner, Stephen E. Sanche
      Pages 37-46

    5. Prophylaxis of Endocarditis

      • Donald C. Vinh, John M. Embil
      Pages 47-62

  3. Diagnosis and Management Approaches

    1. Diagnostic Approach to Endocarditis

      • James W. Tam, Rizwan A. S. Manji, Nasir Shaikh, Andrew Morris
      Pages 63-77

    2. Role of Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Management of Endocarditis

      • Chris Johnson, Kwan-Leung Chan
      Pages 79-103

    3. Surgical Management: Indications and Technical Issues

      • Thierry G. Mesana, Bijan Jahangiri
      Pages 105-119

    4. Treatment of Native Valve Endocarditis: General Principles and Therapy for Specific Organisms

      • Donald C. Vinh, John M. Embil
      Pages 121-183

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 253-258
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About this book

"Endocarditis: Diagnosis and Management" provides an up-to-date approach to the diagnosis and management of endocarditis based on a critical analysis of the recent studies. The book is structured in a format that is easy to follow, clinically relevant and evidence based.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada

    Kwan-Leung Chan

  • Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

    John M. Embil

About the editors

Dr. Kwan Chan is a cardiologist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. He earned a BSc, MSc and his medical degree from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Dr. Chan was certified as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Internal Medicine (1983) and Cardiology (1984). He is currently the Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory. His research interests include valvular heart disease, infective endocarditis and aortic diseases. He has a special interest in the application of ultrasound in the study of cardiac structure and function and has been actively involved in CME in this area.

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