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Obesity contributes to diagnostic and management challenges for many hospitalized patients. The impact of obesity on in-hospital outcomes in patients with infective endocarditis has not been studied and was the focus of this investigation.We used the 2013 BACKGROUND
Gut microbiota play a major role in digestion and energy conversion of nutrients. Antibiotics, such as avoparcin (a vancomycin analogue), and probiotics, such as Lactobacillus species, have been used to increase weight in farm animals. We tested the effect of antibiotics given for
Transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography (TTE) has been an accepted noninvasive procedure used to diagnose infective endocarditis by demonstrating the presence of vegetations and other complications such as ring abcess, mycotic lesions or sinus of valsalva aneurysm. Moreover, complementary
Subacute bacterial endocarditis is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Valvular destruction, congestive heart failure, embolic phenomena, failure of medical therapy, and death are all more common in patients with echocardiographically discernible valvular lesions. Transthoracic
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We investigated the impact of extreme obesity (body mass index [kg/m(2)] 50 or greater) on short-term clinical outcomes and report 1-year mortality.
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Fifty-seven patients were found to have a body mass index of 50 or greater among 14,449 patients who underwent cardiac surgery
A case of infectious endocarditis with septic embolization as a rare but potentially fatal complication of cardiac catheterization is described, followed by a detailed review of the literature. Obesity, diabetes, many skin punctures, previous bypass surgery and abnormal valves are predisposing
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Patients with infective endocarditis (IE) are at high risk for post-operative morbidity and death, which might be associated with drug abuse. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of drug dependence on outcomes in patients who have IE and undergo valvular surgery
Background: Obesity may cause right ventricular (RV) remodeling due to volume overload. However, obesity is also associated with better prognosis compared with normal weight in patients with various cardiac diseases. The aim of this study
We report a case of a morbidly obese man with an aortic aneurysm, in whom dental surgery was performed before elective cardiac surgery. His aortic aneurysm required emergency surgery. However, because of his morbid obesity, elective cardiac surgery was planned. Considering the high risk of infective
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Introduction:S. aureus is the main pathogen of skin, soft tissue and otorhinolaryngological infections as well as the cause of osteomyelitis, meningitis and endocarditis. In recent years the importance of S. aureus mediated infections has grown not only because of their widespread, but
Staphylococcus lugdunensis (S. lugdunensis) is a coagulase negative staphylococcus (CoNS) that can cause destructive infective endocarditis. S. lugdunensis, unlike other CoNS, should be considered to be a pathogen. We report the first case of S. lugdunensis endocarditis causing ventricular septal
The complications from S. aureus bacteremia (SAB) and infective endocarditis (SAIE) are higher in patients with diabetes. We summarize the characteristics and outcome of diabetic patients enrolled in a multicenter trial of daptomycin vs. standard therapy for SAB and SAIE. Adult patients with SAB
A descriptive term nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) is used currently instead of the former name marantic endocarditis. The study describes 171 cases of NBTE encountered in autopsies over a period of 22 years (an incidence of 0.93% in adults). Malignancy was present in 59% of cases.
During a 30-month period, 20 median sternotomy wound infections or endocarditis occurred after 20 of 1204 (1.7%) cardiac surgery procedures in adults at the University of Maryland Hospital. We examined four risk factors related to the individual undergoing surgery: age, sex, and index of obesity
Infective endocarditis is a severe infection which can occur in adult patients with congenital heart disease. We aimed to determine outcomes and risk factors of death in adult congenital heart disease and to investigate differences with infective endocarditis in non-congenital heart