Time-related distribution, risk factors and prognostic influence of embolism in patients with left-sided infective endocarditis

Coronary embolism complicating aortic valve endocarditis: Treatment with successful coronary angioplasty

“…Systemic arterial embolism is an important complication of infective endocarditis that doubles risk of in-hospital mortality [1]. The embolic event rate in infective endocarditis changes between 20 to 50% in different series [1][2][3].…”

“…The embolic event rate in infective endocarditis changes between 20 to 50% in different series [1][2][3]. Though to the high rate of systemic embolisation, clinically apparent myocardial infarction due to coronary embolism is a rare condition.…”

“…Though to the high rate of systemic embolisation, clinically apparent myocardial infarction due to coronary embolism is a rare condition. Its rate has been reported as 0.3% in a study that included 629 left sided infective endocarditis patients [1]. The most suitable therapy in the setting of acute myocardial infarction due to vegetation embolus has not been fully depicted and there is no suggestion relating to this situation in the infective endocarditis guidelines.…”

An Uncommon Complication of Infective Bacterial Endocarditis

“…Thrombolytic therapy seems to be particularly detrimental in the setting of septic cardioembolic MI as 80% of cases resulted in major intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH), directly contributing to death in half of the cases. This is possibly a consequence of concurrent undetected mycotic aneurysms [2][3][4][5][6].…”

Indikationen zur herzchirurgischen Therapie bei Endokarditis

“…Zielsetzung dabei war die Stabilisierung des Patienten, um den operativen Eingriff in einem möglichst guten klinischen Zustand durchführen zu können. Gleichzeitig sollten durch effektive Antibiose das Risiko von Embolisationen der großen Vegetationen sowie jenes einer postoperativen Prothesenendokarditis gesenkt werden [14,15].…”