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Article: Conduction Abnormalities in Infectious Endocarditis.
- Article from:
- Clinical Cardiology Alert
- Article date:
- October 1, 2001
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Conduction Abnormalities in Infectious Endocarditis
Abstract & Commentary
Synopsis: ECG conduction changes are not uncommon in infectious endocarditis and are associated with invasive infection and a higher mortality.
Source: Meine TJ, et al. Am Heart J. 2001;142: 280-285.
The development of cardiac conduction abnormalities has long been considered an ominous sign in patients with infectious endocarditis, but there are little objective data on this complication in the echocardiographic era. Thus, Meine and colleagues prospectively evaluated cardiac-conduction defects in patients with suspected endocarditis to determine their incidence ...