Τίτλος:
Valve replacement for Brucella endocarditis: Two case reports
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
We report two cases of successful treatment of Brucella endocarditis.
Both of them were treated with antibiotics and aortic valve replacement
after Brucellosis was diagnosed. In one of these cases emergency
operation was required. Our observations suggest that a combined
surgical and medical treatment is the best option for the management of
this disease. B. endocarditis should be operated after improvement of
clinical status but emergency cardiac surgery may be required if heart
failure develops. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Συγγραφείς:
Koumallos, Nikolaos
Paschalis, Andreas
Antoniades, Charalambos
and Tousoulis, Dimitris
Simpsiris, Panagiotis
Tolios, Ioannis
and Stefanadis, Christodoulos
Leonidas, Dimitrios
Περιοδικό:
International Journal of Cardiology
Εκδότης:
Elsevier Ireland Ltd
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
Brucella; endocarditis; aortic valve
DOI:
10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.04.081
