Management of Septic emboli in patients with infectious endocarditis.
Seyed Hossein Aalaei-AndabiliTomas MartinPhillip HessBrian HohMeshka AndersonCharles T KlodellThomas M BeaverPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2017)
Septic emboli is common in endocarditis patients. Patients with high preoperative WBC level and large valve vegetations require CT imaging of the spleen. Both spleen and brain interventions in the setting of IE can be performed safely with excellent early and mid-term outcomes.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- acute kidney injury
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- computed tomography
- physical activity
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- patients undergoing
- aortic valve
- magnetic resonance imaging
- aortic stenosis
- magnetic resonance
- patient reported outcomes
- metabolic syndrome
- skeletal muscle
- dual energy
- positron emission tomography
- left ventricular
- atrial fibrillation
- insulin resistance
- multiple sclerosis
- brain injury
- weight loss
- subarachnoid hemorrhage