AORTIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS SURGICAL TREATMENT

Course overview

INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IS AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE INVOLVING THE ENDOCARDIAL SURFACE OF THE HEART AND CAN INCLUDE THE VALVES AND/OR THE MURAL ENDOCARDIUM. INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IS A SERIOUS CONDITION WITH SIGNIFICANT MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY. PROMPT DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT ARE ESSENTIAL. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION, TREATMENT, AND COMPLICATIONS OF INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS AND UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM APPROACH TO ITS MANAGEMENT.