A narrative review of the interpretation of guidelines for the treatment of infective endocarditis.

ABSTRACT: The recommendations of the current guidelines and the position papers of professional societies from the European Society of Cardiology/European Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (ESC), the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/Society of Thoracic Surgeon (ACC/AHA/STS) and American Association of Thoracic Surgeon (AATS) regarding management of patients with valvular heart endocarditis were updated over the past decade. However, some of the recommendations appear to contradict one another. Given the changing paradigms on how the disease manifests, our aim was to review the respective guidelines and highlight these differences whilst drawing attention to the subsequent studies from which they were derived. In particular, concerns regarding antibiotic prophylaxis and ther

SUBMITTER: Benedetto U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7791230 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature