Diagnosis and Management of Infective Endocarditis and Its Complications

New criteria for diagnosis of infective endocarditis: utilization of specific echocardiographic findings

1994 • 2,498 citations

Prevention of bacterial endocarditis. Recommendations by the American Heart Association

1997 • 1,322 citations

Prevention of Bacterial Endocarditis

1997 • 1,051 citations

Safety of transesophageal echocardiography. A multicenter survey of 10,419 examinations.

1991 • 819 citations

Infective Endocarditis: An Analysis Based on Strict Case Definitions

1981 • 789 citations

Improvement in the Diagnosis of Abscesses Associated with Endocarditis by Transesophageal Echocardiography

1991 • 722 citations

Echocardiography in infective endocarditis: Reassessment of prognostic implications of vegetation size determined by the transthoracic and the transesophageal approach

1989 • 657 citations

Infections of the Central Nervous System

1991 • 603 citations

Prevention of Bacterial Endocarditis

1998 • 583 citations

Infections Associated with Indwelling Medical Devices

1990 • 517 citations

Antibiotic Treatment of Adults With Infective Endocarditis Due to Streptococci, Enterococci, Staphylococci, and HACEK Microorganisms

1995 • 501 citations

Current Clinical Topics in Infectious Diseases

1984 • 494 citations

INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS

1977 • 455 citations

Diagnostic value of transesophageal compared with transthoracic echocardiography in infective endocarditis

1991 • 439 citations

Rochalimaea elizabethae sp. nov. isolated from a patient with endocarditis

1993 • 424 citations

NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS OF BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS

1978 • 424 citations

Role of Echocardiography in Evaluation of Patients With Staphylococcus aureusBacteremia: Experience in 103 Patients

1997 • 414 citations

Emboli in Infective Endocarditis: The Prognostic Value of Echocardiography

1991 • 407 citations

Candida parapsilosis: Epidemiology, Pathogenicity, Clinical Manifestations, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility

1992 • 399 citations

Molecular diagnosis of bacterial endocarditis by broad-range PCR amplification and direct sequencing

1997 • 389 citations

Improved diagnostic value of echocardiography in patients with infective endocarditis by transoesophageal approach. A prospective study

1988 • 380 citations

Diagnosis of 22 New Cases of Bartonella Endocarditis

1996 • 373 citations

Bartonella (Rochalimaea) quintanaEndocarditis in Three Homeless Men

1995 • 356 citations

Echocardiographic assessment of patients with infectious endocarditis: Prediction of risk for complications

1991 • 326 citations

Transesophageal echocardiographic recognition of subaortic complications in aortic valve endocarditis. Clinical and surgical implications.

1992 • 313 citations

A SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS OK INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS FROM THE AUTOPSY FILE OF THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL 1914 to 1956

1958 • 303 citations

INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS—AN EVOLVING DISEASE

1978 • 302 citations

Comparison of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography for detection of abnormalities of prosthetic and bioprosthetic valves in the mitral and aortic positions

1993 • 298 citations

Antibiotic treatment of adults with infective endocarditis due to streptococci, enterococci, staphylococci, and HACEK microorganisms. American Heart Association

1995 • 296 citations

Improved diagnostic value of echocardiography in patients with infective endocarditis by transoesophageal approach. A prospective study

1988 • 267 citations

Q Fever

1995 • 266 citations

Bartonella (Rochalimaea) quintanaBacteremia in Inner-City Patients with Chronic Alcoholism

1995 • 258 citations

Bacterial intracranial aneurysm

1978 • 256 citations

Studies on the Bacteremia of Bacterial Endocarditis

1967 • 234 citations

MYCOTIC (BACTERIAL) ANEURYSMS OF INTRAVASCULAR ORIGIN

1923 • 232 citations

Infective Endocarditis in Patients with Negative Blood Cultures: Analysis of 88 Cases from a One-Year Nationwide Survey in France

1995 • 223 citations

Transesophageal Echocardiography in Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis

1994 • 221 citations

Valve repair in acute endocarditis

1990 • 219 citations

Evaluation of new clinical criteria for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis

1994 • 217 citations

Modification of the diagnostic criteria proposed by the duke endocarditis service to permit improved diagnosis of q fever endocarditis

1996 • 211 citations

Blinded prospective evaluation of sensitivity of MR angiography to known intracranial aneurysms: importance of aneurysm size.

1994 • 203 citations

Splenic Abscess

1980 • 199 citations

Prosthetic valve endocarditis

1976 • 198 citations

Neurologic complications of infective endocarditis

1991 • 196 citations

Suggested Modifications to the Duke Criteria for the Clinical Diagnosis of Native Valve and Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: Analysis of 118 Pathologically Proven Cases

1997 • 187 citations

Mechanisms of intracranial hemorrhage in infective endocarditis.

1987 • 184 citations

Endocarditis Due to Staphylococcus lugdunensis: Report of 11 Cases and Review

1993 • 182 citations

Clinical relevance of vegetation localization by transoesophageal echocardiography in infective endocarditis

1992 • 178 citations

Analysis of surgical versus medical therapy in active complicated native valve infective endocarditis

1983 • 172 citations

Spectrum of echocardiographic findings in bacterial endocarditis.

1976 • 170 citations

Transesophageal two-dimensional echocardiography and color Doppler flow velocity mapping in the evaluation of cardiac valve prostheses.

1988 • 162 citations

Prediction of Rapid versus Prolonged Healing of Infective Endocarditis by Monitoring Vegetation Size

1991 • 161 citations

Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysms Caused by Micro-Organisms

1965 • 152 citations

Infective Endocarditis

1993 • 147 citations

Treatment of complicated prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis with annular abscess formation by homograft aortic root replacement

1991 • 146 citations

Improved detection of infective endocarditis with transesophageal echocardiography

1992 • 144 citations

A case for early surgery in native left-sided endocarditis complicated by heart failure: Results in 203 patients

1991 • 143 citations

Surgical treatment of infective endocarditis

1979 • 140 citations

Q fever endocarditis

1995 • 137 citations

Aortic valve infection. Risk factors for death and recurrent endocarditis after aortic valve replacement.

1992 • 135 citations

Relation between the presence of echocardiographic vegetations and the complication rate in infective endocarditis

1986 • 134 citations

Role of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in predicting embolic events in patients with active infective endocarditis involving native cardiac valves

1997 • 133 citations

Heart Failure in Infective Endocarditis: Predisposing Factors, Course, and Treatment

1974 • 132 citations

Surgical management of mycotic aneurysms and the complications of infection in vascular reconstructive surgery

1969 • 128 citations

Comparison of different antibiotic regimens for therapy of 32 cases of Q fever endocarditis

1991 • 124 citations

Treatment of mycotic intracranial aneurysms

1977 • 123 citations

The Duke Criteria for Diagnosing Infective Endocarditis Are Specific: Analysis of 100 Patients with Acute Fever or Fever of Unknown Origin

1996 • 119 citations

Native valve endocarditis due to coagulase-negative staphylococci

1987 • 119 citations

Brucella Endocarditis: The Role of Combined Medical and Surgical Treatment

1990 • 117 citations

Indications for cardiac surgery in patients with active infective endocarditis

1985 • 116 citations

Negative predictive value of the Duke criteria for infective endocarditis

1996 • 115 citations

Splenic septic emboli in endocarditis.

1990 • 114 citations

Endocarditis-Associated Paravalvular Abscesses

1995 • 114 citations

Are the Duke Criteria Superior to the Beth Israel Criteria for the Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis in Children?

1998 • 111 citations

The Complications of Infective Endocarditis

1992 • 110 citations

Bartonella (Rochalimaea) Species as a Cause of Apparent "Culture-Negative" Endocarditis

1995 • 110 citations

Aortic valve infection

1992 • 110 citations

Candida Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: Prospective Study of Six Cases and Review of the Literature

1996 • 108 citations

Infective endocarditis in children

1995 • 107 citations

Fungal Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis in 16 Patients An 11-Year Experience in a Tertiary Care Hospital

1997 • 107 citations

Native Valve Infective Endocarditis in Elderly and Younger Adult Patients: Comparison of Clinical Features and Outcomes with Use of the Duke Criteria and the Duke Endocarditis Database

1998 • 104 citations

Infectious Intracranial Aneurysms

1992 • 103 citations

Neurologic Complications of Infective Endocarditis

1985 • 103 citations

Mitral valve repair for bacterial endocarditis

1992 • 102 citations

Evaluation of the Duke Criteria Versus the Beth Israel Criteria for the Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis

1995 • 102 citations

Infective endocarditis: Ten-year review of medical and surgical therapy

1996 • 102 citations

Immunohistologic demonstration of coxiella burnetii in the valves of patients with Q fever endocarditis

1994 • 99 citations

Surgical treatment of endocarditis

1997 • 99 citations

The Importance of Repeated Angiography in the Treatment of Mycotic-Embolic Intracranial Aneurysms

1966 • 98 citations

Blood Culture Positivity

1982 • 98 citations

Early and Late Survival After Surgical Treatment of Culture-Positive Active Endocarditis

1995 • 95 citations

The case for early surgical treatment of left-sided primary infective endocarditis

1975 • 95 citations

TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH PSEUDOMONAS ENDOCARDITIS WITH HIGH DOSE AMINOGLYCOSIDE AND CARBENICILLIN THERAPY

1978 • 89 citations

Tricuspid valvulectomy without replacement. Twenty years' experience.

1991 • 89 citations

Natural history of vegetations during successful medical treatment of endocarditis

1994 • 87 citations

Management of complications of infective endocarditis.

1982 • 87 citations

Infections of Prosthetic Heart Valves and Vascular Grafts

1978 • 84 citations

Nosocomial legionellosis: A review of pulmonary and extrapulmonary syndromes

1993 • 84 citations

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Clinical, serologic, and echocardiographic findings in patients with and without endocarditis

1987 • 84 citations

Splenic abscess associated with endocarditis.

1992 • 83 citations

Negative Blood Cultures in Infective Endocarditis

1976 • 82 citations

Role of transoesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of aortic root abscess.

1994 • 80 citations

Splenic Abscess Complicating Infectious Endocarditis

1983 • 79 citations

Left-Sided Endocarditis due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1986 • 77 citations

Splenic abscess: Sonographic diagnosis and percutaneous drainage or aspiration

1992 • 76 citations

Tricuspid valvulectomy without replacement

1991 • 76 citations

Ruptured Mycotic Aneurysm

1977 • 75 citations

Predictive Risk Factors for Periannular Extension of Native Valve Endocarditis

1989 • 74 citations

An Assessment of the Usefulness of the Duke Criteria for Diagnosing Active Infective Endocarditis

1997 • 70 citations

Splenic abscess: percutaneous drainage.

1984 • 69 citations

Angiographically monitored resolution of cerebral mycotic aneurysms

1974 • 69 citations

Identification of Abscess Formation in Native-Valve Infective Endocarditis using Transesophageal Echocardiography: Implications for Surgical Treatment

1991 • 65 citations

Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis

1998 • 64 citations

Detection of Bartonella (Rochalimaea) quintana by routine acridine orange staining of broth blood cultures

1994 • 64 citations

Conventional and transoesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis

1987 • 61 citations

An Evaluation of the Duke Criteria in 25 Pathologically Confirmed Cases of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis

1997 • 60 citations

Brief Report: Chlamydia Psittaci Endocarditis Diagnosed by Blood Culture

1992 • 60 citations

Central nervous system complications of infective endocarditis.

1991 • 60 citations

Perivalvular Ectension of Infection in Patients with Infectious Endocarditis

1990 • 58 citations

The Importance of Pharmacodynamics in Determining the Dosing Interval in Therapy for Experimental Pseudomonas Endocarditis in the Rat

1986 • 56 citations

Cardiac valve replacement in congestive heart failure due to infective endocarditis.

1979 • 56 citations

Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

1987 • 54 citations

Native valve staphylococcus epidermidis endocarditis: report of seven cases and review of the literature

1991 • 51 citations

The microbiological diagnosis of infective endocarditis

1987 • 48 citations

ZOONOTIC ENDOCARDITIS

1993 • 47 citations

Native-valve endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis

1996 • 46 citations

Frequency of ring abscess and cuspal infection in active infective endocarditis involving bioprosthetic valves

1993 • 46 citations

[Neurologic complications of bacterial endocarditis].

1971 • 44 citations

Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Endocarditis

1986 • 39 citations

Intracranial Aneurysms

1993 • 33 citations

Haemophilus parainfluenzae Endocarditis: Application of a Molecular Approach for Identification of Pathogenic Bacterial Species

1994 • 31 citations

Allograft Root Replacement for Prosthetic Endocarditis

1990 • 29 citations

Successful medical therapy of mitral anular abscess complicating infective endocarditis

1986 • 28 citations

Operative experience with infective endocarditis and intracerebral mycotic aneurysm

1980 • 26 citations

Legionella micdadei prosthetic valve endocarditis

1994 • 24 citations

Destructive Endocarditis Caused byStaphylococcus LugdunensisCase Report and Review of The Literature

1997 • 21 citations

Correlation of echocardiographic and surgical findings in acute bacterial endocarditis

1984 • 20 citations

Culture-negative endocarditis—A historical review and 1990s update

1994 • 18 citations

Endocarditis : medical and surgical management

1986 • 12 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations