Transthoracic echocardiogram has low sensitivity and, if negative, should be followed by TEE to exclude endocarditis. Not all cases of non-HACEK Gram-negative bacterial endocarditis necessarily ...

A scientific statement regarding the diagnosis and management of blood culture-negative endocarditis has been published by the AHA.

There are two main reasons why this commonly appears in individuals with infections like endocarditis caused by harmful pathogens. Bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites have different ...

In an attempt to evaluate the magnitude and significance of recent changes in the clinical pattern of bacterial endocarditis and to assess the influence of both host and bacterial factors on this ...

Risk for symptomatic embolism can be predicted via echocardiographic vegetation features in patients with infective endocarditis.

Transthoracic echocardiogram has low sensitivity and, if negative, should be followed by TEE to exclude endocarditis. Not all cases of non-HACEK Gram-negative bacterial endocarditis necessarily ...