Introduction Infective endocarditis (IE) is a broad term used to designate an infection on any of the anatomic components of the heart and their endothelial surfaces. These include the atrial and ventricular endocardium, valves and their apparatuses, and prosthetic or…
Heart Cardiomyopathy Clinical Features Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Myocardial disease characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy in the absence of systemic hypertension, aortic valve stenosis, or overt infiltrative diseases Associated with normal systolic function and diastolic dysfunction; systolic dynamic obstruction of the left…
Open full size image General clinicopathologic considerations Cardiac transplantation is an accepted therapeutic option which provides long-term survival for many patients with end-stage heart failure. Over 140,000 heart transplants at over 400 centers worldwide were recorded by the International Society…