prosthetic valve endocarditis

Known as: endocarditis prosthetic valve 
Endocarditis occurring on parts of a valve prosthesis or a reconstructed heart valve; it can be classified into early and late prosthetic valve… (More)
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Positron emission tomography/computed tomography for diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis: increased valvular 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake as a novel major criterion.
OBJECTIVES This study sought to determine the value of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography… (More)
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Review
2008
Review
2008
Prosthetic valve endocarditis: current approach and therapeutic options.
Despite improvements in medical and surgical therapy, prosthetic valve endocarditis is still associated with a severe prognosis… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Contemporary clinical profile and outcome of prosthetic valve endocarditis.
CONTEXT Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is associated with significant mortality and morbidity. The contemporary clinical… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Multiechinocandin- and multiazole-resistant Candida parapsilosis isolates serially obtained during therapy for prosthetic valve endocarditis.
Echinocandins are approved for the treatment of candidal infections. In vitro they have been shown to be less potent against… (More)
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1997
1997
An outbreak of Candida parapsilosis prosthetic valve endocarditis.
Candida parapsilosis, an important nosocomial pathogen and the most common species of Candida found on the hands of health care… (More)
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1996
1996
Surgical treatment of prosthetic valve endocarditis.
From 1975 through 1992, we reoperated on 146 patients for the treatment of prosthetic valve endocarditis. Prosthetic valve… (More)
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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Prosthetic valve endocarditis.
Fifty-three (3.6%; actuarially 4.1% at 48 months) of 1465 consecutive in-hospital survivors of valve replacement from 1975 to… (More)
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Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Staphylococcus epidermidis causing prosthetic valve endocarditis: microbiologic and clinical observations as guides to therapy.
Seventy-five episodes of prosthetic valve endocarditis from Staphylococcus epidermidis were studied retrospectively. Methicillin… (More)
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Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Prosthetic valve endocarditis.
Prosthetic valve endocarditis is an infrequent but serious complication of cardiac valve replacement. The overall frequency of… (More)
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1973
1973
Prosthetic valve endocarditis. Analysis of 38 cases.
In 38 cases of prosthetic valve endocarditis, 19 were early cases (onset < 60 days after insertion of prosthesis) and 19, late… (More)
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