BOSTON, Massachusetts — Men are more likely than women to be affected by infective endocarditis (IE), and left-sided disease is more common than right-sided disease. These findings come from a 12-year ...

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has issued new guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, and management of infective endocarditis (IE), a rare and potentially lethal infection of the heart's ...

This study aimed to develop a nomogram for accurately predicting in-hospital mortality in patients with infective endocarditis (IE). We conducted a retrospective analysis of clinical, ...

Right-sided infective endocarditis (RSIE) constitutes approximately 5–10% of all cases of infective endocarditis (IE) and has distinct epidemiologic, clinical, and microbiological characteristics ...

Endocarditis is a rare, potentially fatal infection of the endocardium, or inner lining of the heart. It is usually caused by bacteria traveling through the bloodstream to the heart and is treated by ...

Bacterial endocarditis, or infective endocarditis, is a rare infection of the heart lining and valves. It is caused by a bacterial infection and results in flu-like symptoms. The condition may become ...

High BMI and poor physical fitness during later adolescence increase the risk of both contracting and dying from sepsis and other severe bacterial infections in adulthood, according to a study from ...

WASHINGTON, DC—For patients with right-sided infective endocarditis (RSIE) who don’t respond to medical therapy, percutaneous mechanical aspiration (PMA) appears to offer clinical efficacy, according ...

Endocarditis is inflammation in the heart’s inner lining. One possible symptom is splinter hemorrhages, thin red or reddish-brown lines under the fingernails. These lines appear when small blood ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among 1,874 people with DUA-IE, 38% died or had a bacterial infection within 3 years. The most common infections ...

Patients with specific cardiac conditions such as valvular heart disease and congenital abnormalities, or those requiring a pacemaker, should practice good dental and skin hygiene to help prevent rare ...