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Updated (2023) Modified Duke Criteria for Infective Endocarditis: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening condition and the Duke criteria (established in 1994 and revised in 2000) has been fundamental for the diagnosis of the disease. However, the landscape of micro-biology, diagnostics, epidemiology, and treatment for lE has evolved ...
Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, the endocardium.It usually involves the heart valves.Other structures that may be involved include the interventricular septum, the chordae tendineae, the mural endocardium, or the surfaces of intracardiac devices.
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is an independent non-profit, non-governmental professional association that works to advance the prevention, diagnosis and management of diseases of the heart and blood vessels, and improve scientific understanding of the heart and vascular system. [2]
2020 - Amsterdam (Online only) 2021 - London (Online only) 2022 - Barcelona (On-site and Online) 2023 - Amsterdam (On-site and Online) 2024 - Berlin; 2025 - Vienna; After the 2017 ESC Congress, Barcelona became the city with most congresses since 1988(6), followed by Stockholm (5) and then by Amsterdam and Vienna and Munich (4 times each as of
The accepted management of unstable angina and acute coronary syndrome is therefore empirical treatment with aspirin, a second platelet inhibitor such as clopidogrel, prasugrel or ticagrelor, and heparin (usually a low-molecular weight heparin), with intravenous nitroglycerin and opioids if the pain persists.
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In fact, mitral valve repair is recommended by international guidelines wherever possible. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] Advantages of mitral valve repair over replacement include lower surgical mortality (~1% for repair vs ~5% for replacement [ 34 ] ), lower rates of stroke and endocarditis (an infection of the heart’s inner lining), equivalent or better ...