Recent Advances in Infective Endocarditis

• Beste egile batzuk: Kerrigan, Steven W. (Argitaratzailea)
• Formatua: Baliabide elektronikoa Liburu kapitulua
• Hizkuntza: ingelesa
• Argitaratua: IntechOpen 2013
• Gaiak: Cardiovascular medicine
• Sarrera elektronikoa: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Endocarditis is an inflammation of the lining of the heart and valves. It can be due to a non-infectious cause but when the inflammation is associated with an infection, usually bacterial, it is known as infective endocarditis. It is typically characterized by the development of a large septic throm...