Infective endocarditis in children with normal heart: Indication for surgical intervention

Although infective endocarditis is an uncommon condition, it can be fatal if not treated. The new era of infective endocarditis in children with structurally normal heart has become apparent entity. Duke criteria has been established for a long time and gives clear guidelines for diagnosis; however,...

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Autores principales: Nasser, Bana Agha, Al Qwaee, Abdullah, Almesned, Abdul Rahman, Akhfash, Ali, Mohamad, Tagelden, Chaikhouni, Farah, Alhabshan, Fahad, Kabbani, Mohamed S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6313807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30618480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsha.2018.11.003
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author Nasser, Bana Agha
Al Qwaee, Abdullah
Almesned, Abdul Rahman
Akhfash, Ali
Mohamad, Tagelden
Chaikhouni, Farah
Alhabshan, Fahad
Kabbani, Mohamed S.
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Al Qwaee, Abdullah
Almesned, Abdul Rahman
Akhfash, Ali
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description Although infective endocarditis is an uncommon condition, it can be fatal if not treated. The new era of infective endocarditis in children with structurally normal heart has become apparent entity. Duke criteria has been established for a long time and gives clear guidelines for diagnosis; however, surgical indication in pediatric population needs to be tailored to individual patients.
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spelling pubmed-63138072019-01-07 Infective endocarditis in children with normal heart: Indication for surgical intervention Nasser, Bana Agha Al Qwaee, Abdullah Almesned, Abdul Rahman Akhfash, Ali Mohamad, Tagelden Chaikhouni, Farah Alhabshan, Fahad Kabbani, Mohamed S. J Saudi Heart Assoc Case Report Although infective endocarditis is an uncommon condition, it can be fatal if not treated. The new era of infective endocarditis in children with structurally normal heart has become apparent entity. Duke criteria has been established for a long time and gives clear guidelines for diagnosis; however, surgical indication in pediatric population needs to be tailored to individual patients. Elsevier 2019-04 2018-11-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6313807/ /pubmed/30618480 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsha.2018.11.003 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Chaikhouni, Farah
Alhabshan, Fahad
Kabbani, Mohamed S.
Infective endocarditis in children with normal heart: Indication for surgical intervention
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title_short Infective endocarditis in children with normal heart: Indication for surgical intervention
title_sort infective endocarditis in children with normal heart: indication for surgical intervention
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