Infective Endocarditis

Part I: Epidemiology and Team-Based Care.- Introduction.- Natural history and evolution of the Treatment of Endocarditis.- Epidemiology of endocarditis, past and present.- Pathogens and virulence and virulence factor.- Pathology.- Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Management of Endocarditis: A Team of Teams.- Part II: Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis.- Common and Uncommon Pathogens causing Infectious Endocarditis.- Basic Science aspects on the Pathophysiology of Infectious Endocarditis.- Pathology and Histopathology of Infective Endocarditis.- Infective Endocarditis: Which are the differences related to affected valve and organism.- Clinical Presentation of Infecive Endocarditis.- Microbiological Testing.- Cardiac Imaging in the diagnosis of Infective endocarditis.- Neurologic Complications, presentation and diagnosis.- Role of neuro-interventions and surgery for infectious brain complications.- Renal manifestations in the setting of infective endocarditis.- Part III: Management for Infectious Endocarditis.- Guidelines for Infective Endocarditis.- Combined Antimicrobial Therapy for Infective Endocarditis.- Indications and timing of surgery (including indications for extra cardiac infectious foci).- Medical Management of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis.- Pre-operative Evaluation and Work-up and of the patient with Infective Endocarditis requiring Surgery.- Non-surgical treatment of large tricuspid valve vegetations.- Part IV: Surgery for Infectious Endocarditis.- Pre-operative check list in endocarditis patients.- Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Cardiac Surgical Patient with Infective Endocarditis.- Perioperative Hemodynamic and Hemostasis Management.- Cardiopulmonary Bypass Approach for Endocarditis.- General Principles for Surgical Treatment of Infective Endocarditis.- Aortic root replacement with cryopreserved allograft for endocarditis.- Alternatives to Allografts for Aortic Endocarditis: Bioprosthetic and Mechanical Valves.- Surgery for Mitral Valve Endocarditis with Focus on Repair and Reconstruction.- Reconstruction of the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract in patients with destruction of the Intervalvular Fibrosa, the "Commando Operation".- The Hemi-Commando Procedure for Endocarditis of the Aortic Root & Aortomitral Fibrosa.- Surgery for right-sided endocarditis - How to avoid replacing the tricuspid valve.- Role of pulmonary vegetectomy in right sided endocarditis. Lessons learned from a tertiary center experience.- Lead Management for Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices in Pa-tients Requiring Cardiac Surgery for Infective Endocarditis.- Postoperative intensive care after surgery for infectious endocarditis.- Part V: Follow up and Prevention of infectious endocarditis.- Prognosis and Follow up in Infective Endocarditis.- Infectious Endocarditis: Prevention and antibiotic prophylaxis.- Should the risk of infectious endocarditis impact the choice of prosthesis for non-infectious valve pathologies?.- Part VI: Special Populations.- 'Treating Substance Use Disorder Problems in the Endocarditis Patient.- Surgery for infectious endocarditis in patients on dialysis.- Lead Management for Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices in Patients Requiring Cardiac Surgery for Infective Endocarditis.- Thoracic Aorta and Graft Infections.- Management of peripheral mycotic aneurysms and Use of deep femoral vein in patients with aortic infections.- Management of Splenic Abscess in Patients with Infective Endocarditis.- Endocarditis in Children and Patients with Congenital Heart Disease.- Infectious Endocarditis after TAVR.- Ventricular assist device infections.- Mycobacterium chimaera: Infections after Open Heart Surgery.- Part VII: Past and Future directions.- The Evolution of Surgical Treatment of Infective Endocarditis. My personal perspective!.

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• Medicina cardiovascular
• Neurologia e neurofisiologia clínica
• Doenças e desvios

Cardiac infections;Prosthetic valve infections;Infectious aneurysm;Valve infections;Satellite infections;Infectious Endocarditis