BMC Infect Dis. 2012;12 (231) Discussion/Conclusion We report a case of infective endocarditis along with severe aortic regurgitation found to have Tuberculosis on histopathology of the vegetations.

A Case Report of Fungal Mitral-Valve Endocarditis Francisco L. Moreno-Martínez, MD; Félix H. López, MD; Roberto Bermúdez, MD; Alvaro Lagomasino, MD; Ramona Lastayo, MD; Omaida J. López-Bernal, MD ...

Intraaortic Vegetations as a Manifestation of Infective Endocarditis Published February 22, 2007 N Engl J Med 2007;356: 874 - 875 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc062982 ...

Endocarditis caused by S. aureus is the most dangerous, with a mortality rate of from 25 to almost 50 percent, but diagnosis can be difficult since symptoms such as fever and heart murmur are ...

Goldberg emphasized the meager data on surgery for drug use-associated tricuspid valve endocarditis, with most societal recommendations extrapolated from the literature on left-sided endocarditis ...

Early Surgery No Benefit in Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis For patients with infective endocarditis and large vegetations, early surgery reduces death from any cause and embolic events, compared ...

Though she remained asymptomatic for endocarditis, an echocardiogram revealed aortic insufficiency and mitral valve vegetation and regurgitation, the authors wrote. The woman continued to take ...

Among patients with infective endocarditis, a vegetation size of greater than 10 mm was associated with higher likelihood of embolism and mortality, according to a meta-analysis.Researchers ...

Infective endocarditis appeared to be less common after percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation with the Sapien pulmonic transcatheter heart valve vs. the Melody valve, according to published ...

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