Volume 112, Nº 2, February 2019
DOI: http://www.dx.doi.org/10.5935/abc.20180270
VIEWPOINT
Early Diagnosis and Treatment in Infective Endocarditis: Challenges for a Better Prognosis
Daniely Iadocico Sobreiro
Roney Orismar Sampaio
Rinaldo Focaccia Siciliano
Calila Vieira Andrade Brazil
Carlos Eduardo de Barros Branco
Antônio Sergio de Santis Andrade Lopes
Flávio Tarasoutchi
Tânia Mara Varejão Strabelli
Dr. Roney Sampaio
Figure 1 – IE diagnosis flowchart. *Possible cases according to Duke’s criteria are all those that do not fit as definite or rejected cases.
Keywords: Endocarditis, Bacterial/mortality; Prosthesis Implantation; Catheters; Pacemaker, Artificial; Diagnostic Imaging; Echocardiography.
