Endocarditis (eBook, PDF)

Diagnosis and Management
Redaktion: Chan, Kwan-Leung; Embil, John M.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This timely new edition provides an up-to-date approach to the diagnosis and management of endocarditis. Each chapter from the previous edition has been updated to deliver a critical analysis on information gathered from the most recent studies on the subject.

The current prophylaxis guidelines have been reviewed, along with the new diagnostic approaches in the detection of the disease, the proposed schemas to predict prognosis, and the new treatment strategies to improve the outcome of patients afflicted with this condition.

Endocarditis: Diagnosis and Management, Second edition is relevant to all clinicians involved in the care of patients with this serious disease. It is a valuable resource for internists, infectious disease specialists, cardiologists, and cardiac surgeons alike.<

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319277844
• Artikelnr.: 44897239

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Perspectives on the History of Endocarditis.- Pathologic Findings: Valvular Destruction, Perivalvular Abnormalities and Extracardiac Findings.- Changing populations: the elderly, injection drug users, health-care associated endocarditis and immunocompromised patients.- Microbiology of Infective Endocarditis and Microbiologic Diagnosis.- Prophylaxis of Endocarditis.- Diagonstic Approach to Endocarditis.- Role of Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Management of Endocarditis.- Surgical Management: Indications, Timing and Surgical Techniques.- Treatment of Endocarditis.- Blood Culture Negative Endocarditis.- Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis & Cardiovascular Device Related Infections.- Pediatric Infective Endocarditis and Congenital Heart Disease.- Systemic Embolism in Endocarditis: Incidence, Risk Factors, Clinical.- Significance, and Treatment Strategies.- Neurological Complications of Endocarditis: Pathophysiologic.- Mechanisms and Management Issues