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Native and Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis

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Valvular Heart Disease in Clinical Practice

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Infective endocarditis is a cardiac infection that involves valve leaflets, endocardium, chordae tendinae, congenital defects and anastomosis sites. It may also affect artificial intracardiac materials including artificial valves, conduits, catheters, shunt occluders and assist devices. The characteristic lesion of infective endocarditis is the vegetation which is made of aggregate of infective organisms, inflammatory cells and blood platelets and could take various shapes and sizes.

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  1. Cardioangiology with CCU Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy

    Maurizio Galderisim MD (Director of Eclo-Lab)

  2. University of Siena, Siena, Italy

    Sergio Mondillo MD (Professor and Director of the Postgraduate School of Cardiovascular Diseases of Cardiology)

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    Michael Y. Henein (Consultant Cardiologist) (Consultant Cardiologist)

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Galderisim, M., Mondillo, S. (2009). Native and Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis. In: Henein, M.Y. (eds) Valvular Heart Disease in Clinical Practice. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-275-3_7

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