Infective endocarditis is a common pathology routinely encountered by perioperative
physicians. There has been a need for a comprehensive review of this important topic.
In this expert review, the authors discuss in detail the incidence, etiology, definition,
microbiology, and trends of infective endocarditis. The authors discuss the clinical
and imaging criteria for diagnosing infective endocarditis and the perioperative considerations
for the same. Other imaging modalities to evaluate infective endocarditis also are
discussed. Furthermore, the authors describe in detail the clinical risk scores that
are used for determining clinical prognostic criteria and how they are tied to the
current societal guidelines. Knowledge about native and prosthetic valve endocarditis,
with emphasis on the timing of surgical intervention-focused surgical approaches and
analysis of current outcomes, are critical to managing such patients, especially high-risk
patients like those with heart failure, patients with intravenous drug abuse, and
with internal pacemakers and defibrillators in situ. And lastly, with the advancement
of percutaneous transcatheter valves becoming a norm for the management of various
valvular pathologies, the authors discuss an in-depth review of transcatheter valve
endocarditis with a focus on its incidence, the timing of surgical interventions,
outcome data, and management of high-risk patients.
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