Endocarditis

1. Perspectives on the History of Endocarditis
Allan Ronald

2. Pathologic Findings: Valvular Destruction, Perivalvular Abnormalities and Extracardiac Findings
John P. Veinot

3. Changing Populations: The Elderly, Injection Drug Users, Health-Care Associated Endocarditis and Immunocompromised Patients
Yoav Keynan, Ethan Rubinstein

4. Microbiology of Infective Endocarditis and Microbiologic Diagnosis
Stuart Skinner, Beverly Wudel, Stephen E. Sanche

5. Prophylaxis of Endocarditis
Donald C. Vinh, John M. Embil

6. Diagnostic Approach to Endocarditis
James W. Tam, Nasir Shaikh, Bohdan Bybel, Davinder S. Jassal

7. Role of Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Management of Endocarditis
Christopher Johnson, Kwan-Leung Chan

8. Surgical Management: Indications, Timing and Surgical Techniques
Elsayed Elmistekawy, Vincent Chan, Thierry Mesana

9. Treatment of Endocarditis
Donald C. Vinh, John M. Embil

10. Blood Culture Negative Endocarditis
Yoav Keynan, Stephanie Smith, Thomas J. Marrie

11. Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis and Cardiovascular Device Related Infections
Tamara Leah Remington, Karen Doucette

12. Pediatric Infective Endocarditis and Congenital Heart Disease
Sarah Forgie

13. Systemic Embolism in Endocarditis: Incidence, Risk Factors, Clinical Significance and Treatment Strategies
Omid Salehian, Kwan-Leung Chan

14. Neurological Complications of Endocarditis: Pathophysiologic Mechanisms and Management Issues
Christopher R. Skinner

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiac Surgery, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Infectious Diseases