Infective Endocarditis after Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease

Adult congenital heart disease: a substrate for infective endocarditis.

Os autores apresentam o caso de um homem de 39 anos de idade, com história de cardiopatia congénita não especificada, assintomático, não submetido a qualquer intervenção e sem seguimento cardiológico. Foi internado por quadro insidioso de perda ponderal, cansaço e febre. Apresentava sopro sistólico IV/VI em todo o precórdio, hepatoesplenomegália e edema dos membros inferiores. Nas hemoculturas ...

Current patterns of infective endocarditis in congenital heart disease.

OBJECTIVE To assess the changing profile of infective endocarditis in patients with congenital heart disease. METHODS All cases diagnosed from 1966 to 2001 (revised Duke criteria) were retrospectively reviewed and categorised in periods I (< 1990) and II (>or= 1990). RESULTS 153 episodes occurred, 81 in period I and 72 in period II. Mean age of affected patients was higher in period II. Non...

Infective endocarditis in congenital heart disease: Japanese national collaboration study.

OBJECTIVE To provide pure cohorts of paediatric and adult patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) and infective endocarditis (IE) for making future guidelines. DESIGN Japanese nationwide survey. SETTING 66 Japanese institutions. PATIENTS 170 children, mean (SD) age 7.4 (5.7) years (range 14 days to 17 years), and 69 adults, age 32.5 (14.1) years (range 18-69) who developed IE between...

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE Infective endocarditis in congenital heart disease: Japanese national collaboration study

Objective: To provide pure cohorts of paediatric and adult patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) and infective endocarditis (IE) for making future guidelines. Design: Japanese nationwide survey. Setting: 66 Japanese institutions. Patients: 170 children, mean (SD) age 7.4 (5.7) years (range 14 days to 17 years), and 69 adults, age 32.5 (14.1) years (range 18–69) who developed IE between 1...

Surgery for Infective Endocarditis