BOSTON, Massachusetts — Men are more likely than women to be affected by infective endocarditis (IE), and left-sided disease is more common than right-sided disease. These findings come from a 12-year ...

Group B streptococci are a cause of infection in pregnant and nonpregnant adults, but infective endocarditis is an uncommon presentation of invasive disease from group B streptococci. Risk factors for ...

There are several types of heart conditions that can be life-threatening if not treated on time. This includes endocarditis, a condition that occurs when bacteria or other germs enter the bloodstream ...

Revised guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) that advised against antibiotic prophylaxis in all but patients at highest risk for infective endocarditis were swiftly implemented into ...

Danish hospitals logged alarmingly high mid-term mortality rates in infective endocarditis (IE) despite improvements in identifying culprit pathogens in recent years, sending a warning to other ...

The risk of infective endocarditis is low in real-world patients who undergo TAVR, new data from the SwissTAVI registry show. But when infections do occur, the consequences can be devastating, ...

The purpose of this paper is to present an additional case of coexistent acquired and congenital arteriovenous fistulas with associated pseudoaneurysms complicated by endarteritis and endocarditis ...