Imagine getting your tooth extracted and a bacterial infection develops afterwards that travels down to your heart. Known as infective endocarditis, or bacterial endocarditis, it happens more often ...

Infective endocarditis is an infection of the inner lining of the heart, most often affecting the valves. It occurs when bacteria or other microorganisms enter the bloodstream and attach to the heart, ...

A new modeling study suggests that when patients who inject opioids continue an antibiotic treatment for infective endocarditis outside of the hospital, they experienced better long-term health ...

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008;27(7):647-648. From the beginning, the scientific basis for recommendations for endocarditis prophylaxis was not well established. The evidence supporting prophylaxis ...

How do the 2007 IE prevention guidelines differ from the prior (1997 [11]) iteration? There are three major differences in the current version. The "highest-risk" group for whom antibiotic prophylaxis ...

Patients with specific cardiac conditions such as valvular heart disease and congenital abnormalities, or those requiring a pacemaker, should practice good dental and skin hygiene to help prevent rare ...

Substance use disorder may be linked to more deaths from infective endocarditis among people ages 25-44, finds a new study. Death rates related to infective endocarditis declined in most adults across ...

Cardiac masses in neonates are rare and most often benign tumours such as rhabdomyomas, fibromas or teratomas. Rarely, ...

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

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