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Infective endocarditis is a condition that still carries a high morbidity and mortality rate (20-30%) despite modern antibiotics and surgical treatment. The infection, usually caused by bacteria, invades the innermost lining of the heart and can damage heart valves, connective tissue and the heart chambers themselves. Rapid diagnosis, effective treatment, and prompt recognition of complications are essential to good patient outcome. If untreated, mortality is extremely high. The prevalence of infective endocarditis is between 1.7 and 4 people per 100,000, and is most commonly found in people…mehr

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Infective endocarditis is a condition that still carries a high morbidity and mortality rate (20-30%) despite modern antibiotics and surgical treatment. The infection, usually caused by bacteria, invades the innermost lining of the heart and can damage heart valves, connective tissue and the heart chambers themselves. Rapid diagnosis, effective treatment, and prompt recognition of complications are essential to good patient outcome. If untreated, mortality is extremely high. The prevalence of infective endocarditis is between 1.7 and 4 people per 100,000, and is most commonly found in people who have underlying heart disease. Symptoms can be as non-specific as fever, fatigue, weight loss, new rashes (either painful or painless), headaches, backaches, joint pains and confusion; hence the disease remains a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Effective therapy has become progressively more difficult to achieve because of the proliferation of implanted biomechanical devices and the rise in the number of resistant organisms.
Only current atlas on the topic of infective endocarditis
Extensive treatment and diagnostic algorithms in the form of tables and appendices
Many never before seen images of high quality
Autorenporträt
David R. Ramsdale, The Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, UK
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"Die infektiöse Endokarditis ist ein seltenes Erkrankungsbild ... Jetzt ist ein eindrucksvoller Farbatlas zu dieser Erkrankung erschienen. Er besticht durch seine hervorragende Bildauswahl, aber auch durch seine übersichtliche, dabei ... knapp und detailliert gehaltene Information ... Herausgeber dieses außergewöhnlichen attraktiven Lehrwerkes ist Professor David R. Ramsdale aus Liverpool, der einen Teil der Bilder aus seinem Privatfundus beigesteuert hat ... Ein Atlas mit vielen eindrucksvollen Bildern zu Diagnostik und Therapie bei infektiöser Endokarditis, die an Anschaulichkeit nichts zu wünschen übrig lassen. Die Sprache ist englisch." -- (in: Cardio News, 2006, Issue 11-12, S. 7)