An Atlas of Infective Endocarditis: Diagnosis and Management
1st Edition
Published on 15. February 1996
Book
Hardback
96 pages
978-1-85070-462-1 (ISBN)
Description
This atlas contains more than 90 high-resolution color photographs, an introductory review, and a comprehensive bibliography on infective endocarditis, which remains a fatal disease in 20% - 30% of cases, is increasingly resistant to the penicillins, and, with the introduction of valve replacement surgery, can now appear as prosthetic valve endocarditis. The book has special value for residents in training, for primary-care physicians whose early diagnosis can be vital, and for cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons. Coverage includes the pathogenesis and diagnosis of infective endocarditis, symptoms and clinical manifestations, methods of investigation, problem cases, and clinical management.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Weight
721 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85070-462-1 (9781850704621)
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Content
Section 1 - A Review of Infective Endocarditis: Introduction; Historical notes; Pathogenesis; Diagnosis; Symptoms and clinical findings (effects of infection and septicemia; cardiac involvement; emboli; CNS involvement; renal involvement; cutaneous and other peripheral manifestations; differential diagnosis); Investigation (microbiological investigation; echocardiography; other investigations; immunological responses and effects); Problem cases (prosthetic valve endocarditis; fungal endocarditis; intravenous drug users; chronic renal failure; infective endocarditis in the elderly; culture-negative endocarditis); Clinical management (late deaths). Section 2 - Infective Endocarditis Illustrated. Section 3 - Bibliography. Index.