Endocarditis: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Modern Treatment

A.A. Vlessis, S.F. Bolling.

Preface.

A. Starr.

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Part I: Scientific Foundation.

1. Understanding the Cardiovascular Effects of Sepsis and the Medical Therapy of Acute Valvular Destruction in Endocarditis.

B.A. Carabello, A.A. Vlessis, D.D. Trunkey.

2. Pathological and Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis.

J. Dahl, A.A. Vlessis.

3. Epidemiology of Native Valve Endocarditis.

D.C. Stuesse, A.A. Vlessis.

4. Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis.

G.L. Grunkemeier, H-H. Li.

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Part II: Diagnosis.

5. Clinical Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis.

W.S. Armstrong, M. Shea.

6. Echocardiographic Diagnosis and Findings in Infective Endocarditis.

D.S. Bach.

7. Neurological Complications of Infective Endocarditis.

A.S. Pruitt.

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Part III: Management.

8. Medical Treatment and Prevention of Infective Endocarditis.

N.C. Engleberg.

9. Aortic Valve Endocarditis.

L. Aklog, R. Gobezie, D.H. Adams.

10. Mitral Valve Endocarditis.

C.F. Schwartz, S.F. Bolling.

11. Right Heart Endocarditis.

A. Arbulu, S. Gellman, D. Levine, L.W. Stephenson.

12. Management of Annular Destruction, Fistulae and Abscesses.

A.A. Vlessis, M. Deeb, S. Bendre, D.C. Stuesse.

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Part IV: Special Considerations.

13. Surgical Therapy of Infective Endocarditis in Children.

R.S. Mosca, E.L. Bove.

14. Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis.

B.W. Little.

15. Fungal Endocarditis.

J. Blizzard