Case 1. A.C. (P.A.S.H. 21–59–29), a 62-year-old man, was admitted to the hospital on September 19, 1966, because of paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. In 1957 he was noted to have an aortic diastolic ...

Background An increasing number of people live with aortic prosthetic valves. Over time, up to 10% of them may develop ...

Among patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement, younger age, male sex, history of diabetes mellitus, and moderate to severe residual aortic regurgitation were significantly ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Endocarditis after transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement in children and adults with postoperative ...

Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is a major clinical challenge in cardiovascular medicine. Despite major advances, PVE ...

In cases of mitral regurgitation related to endocarditis, faulty mitral valves are replaced more frequently than they are repaired because surgeons associate reconstruction techniques with risk of ...

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Infective endocarditis is caused when a bacterium such as staphylococcus enters the bloodstream and infects heart valves that control the circulation of blood flow through the heart. Although uncommon ...

A side effect of opioid use is an infection of the heart valves called drug-associated infective endocarditis. Researchers have found a tenfold increase in the number of hospitalizations and surgeries ...