Objective Identify predictors for mortality and clinical short-term outcomes in patients with left-sided infective ...

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In patients with vegetative endocarditis related to cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), extracting the lead along with percutaneous mechanical debulking via vacuum aspiration of ...

Background: A 26-year-old man with known but untreated ventricular septal defect was admitted to the emergency ward with abdominal pain, fever and weight loss. Transthoracic echocardiography showed ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Citrobacter koseri is a rare cause of infective endocarditis (IE), especially in immunocompetent individuals. We present a case of acute IE of the native mitral valve caused by C ...

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In patients with infective endocarditis, echocardiographic vegetation features, especially mobility of vegetation, predict risk for symptomatic embolism. Echocardiographic vegetation features can ...

The presence of large lead vegetations poses additional difficulties for explantation because many methods cannot be used due to the potential hazard of embolism. We report two patients with large ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Puffy hand syndrome (PHS) is a rare complication primarily associated with intravenous drug use (IVDU), characterized by chronic swelling and fibrosis of the hands due to ...