Prevention Is Better Than Cure Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis

Course overview

Goals The goal of this article is to review the significance of comorbidities on incidence of prosthetic valve endocarditis Objectives Discuss the role of surgery in prosthetic valve endocarditis Describe the various challenges in diagnosis and treatment of PVE Identify any two methods in diagnosis of PVE Discuss how PET can be used to diagnose PVE Describe how PVE results in heart failure