Kwan-Leung Chan & John M. Embil Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management

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’Endocarditis: Diagnosis and Management’ provides an up-to-date approach to the diagnosis and management of endocarditis based on a critical analysis of the recent studies. The book is structured in a format that is easy to follow, clinically relevant and evidence based.

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Historical Perspectives and Basic Principles.- Perspectives on the History of Endocarditis.- Pathologic Findings: Valvular Destruction, Perivalvular Abnormalities, and Extracardiac Findings.- Changing Populations: The Elderly, Injection Drug Users, Health-Care-Associated and Immunocompromised Patients.- Microbiology of Infective Endocarditis and Microbiologic Diagnosis.- Prophylaxis of Endocarditis.- Diagnosis and Management Approaches.- Diagnostic Approach to Endocarditis.- Role of Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Management of Endocarditis.- Surgical Management: Indications and Technical Issues.- Treatment of Native Valve Endocarditis: General Principles and Therapy for Specific Organisms.- Clinical Dilemmas.- Blood-Culture-Negative Endocarditis.- Prosthetic Valve and Other Cardiovascular Device-Related Endocarditis.- Pediatric Infective Endocarditis and Congenital Heart Disease.- Systemic Embolism in Endocarditis: Incidence, Risk Factors, Clinical Significance, and Treatment Strategies.- Neurological Complications of Endocarditis: Pathophysiologic Mechanisms and Management Issues.

Om författaren

Dr. Kwan Chan is a cardiologist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. He earned a BSc, MSc and his medical degree from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Dr. Chan was certified as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Internal Medicine (1983) and Cardiology (1984). He is currently the Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory. His research interests include valvular heart disease, infective endocarditis and aortic diseases. He has a special interest in the application of ultrasound in the study of cardiac structure and function and has been actively involved in CME in this area.

Språk Engelska ● Formatera PDF ● Sidor 258 ● ISBN 9781846284533 ● Filstorlek 4.0 MB ● Redaktör Kwan-Leung Chan & John M. Embil ● Utgivare Springer London ● Stad London ● Land GB ● Publicerad 2006 ● Nedladdningsbara 24 månader ● Valuta EUR ● ID 2151467 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM

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