SAN ANTONIO -- In response to the opioid epidemic, a primer to treating infective endocarditis (IE) specifically related to drug use was released by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). A workforce ...
Isolated pulmonary-valve endocarditis is quite rare, but it shares demographic, clinical, and microbiologic features with the more-common tricuspid endocarditis. 1 We describe a 35-year-old ...
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Tricuspid valve (TV) disease most often occurs secondary to left-sided heart disease, particularly mitral valve (MV) regurgitation or stenosis. Appropriate treatment, even when TV regurgitation is ...
Based on the finalized national coverage determination (NCD) for transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement, Medicare will cover the procedure when used for an FDA-approved indication, and ...
SAN DIEGO, CA—Among patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) undergoing tricuspid valve interventions, performing concurrent lead extraction does not appear to carry excess risks, ...
Group B streptococci are a cause of infection in pregnant and nonpregnant adults, but infective endocarditis is an uncommon presentation of invasive disease from group B streptococci. Risk factors for ...
ROSWELL, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CorMatrix Cardiovascular, Inc., a leading developer of biomaterials and medical devices, today announced treatment of the first patient to receive their tissue ...