Endocarditis

References

Citations

1. Bonow RO, et al. (2006) ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease). Circulation, 114(5): e84–e231.

Other Works Consulted

• Baddour LM, et al. (2005). Infective endocarditis: Diagnosis, antimicrobial therapy, and management of complications: A statement for healthcare professionals from the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the Councils on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke, and Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, American Heart Association: Endorsed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Circulation, 111(4): 394–434.

• Haldar SM, O'Gara PT (2008). Infective endocarditis. In V Fuster et al., eds., Hurst's The Heart, 12th ed., pp. 1975–2004. New York: McGraw-Hill Medical.

• Karchmer AW (2008). Infective endocarditis. In P Libby et al., eds., Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 8th ed., pp. 1713–1737. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

• Li JS, et al. (2007). Infective endocarditis. In EJ Topol et al., eds., Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 8th ed., pp. 402–419. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

• Major changes in endocarditis prophylaxis for dental, GI and GU procedures (2007). Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics, 49(1275): 99–100. [Erratum in Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics, 49(1276): 104.]

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Author:	Robin Parks, MS	Last Updated: April 16, 2009
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