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Represents a full multidisciplinary review of the topic
Covers diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment, prevention and rehabilitation
Presents an update including new diagnostic techniques (nuclear), surgical techniques (repair) and guidelines?
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Definition and Epidemiology
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Front Matter
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Pathophysiology
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Prognostic Assessment
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Specific Situations
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About this book
Infective endocarditis (IE) is defined as an infection of the endocardial surface of the heart, which may include one or more heart valves, the mural endocardium, or a septal defect. Its intracardiac effects include severe valvular insufficiency, which may lead to intractable congestive heart failure and myocardial abscesses. If left untreated, IE is generally fatal. IE is a changing disease with new diagnostic techniques, new therapeutic strategies, more frequent elderly people and patients with prosthetic valves of intravenous drug users.
Editors and Affiliations
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Cardiology Department, Hôpital La Timone, Marseille, France
Gilbert Habib
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Infective Endocarditis
Book Subtitle: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Imaging, Therapy, and Prevention
Editors: Gilbert Habib
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32432-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-32430-2Published: 09 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81283-0Published: 07 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32432-6Published: 26 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 330
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 67 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cardiology, Infectious Diseases