Valeria Pergola

TL;DR: In IE, vegetation length is a strong predictor of new-EE and mortality, and in combination with clinical and microbiological findings, echocardiography may identify high-risk patients who will need a more aggressive therapeutic strategy.

TL;DR: This study shows that the presence of vegetations on TEE is predictive of embolism and that the morphologic characteristics of vegetation are helpful in predicting EEs in both mitral and aortic valve IE, irrespective of the degree of valve destruction, heart failure and response to antibiotic therapy.

TL;DR: In this largest series of elderly patients with IE, IE in elderly carries specific features when compared with younger patients, although the echographic characteristics and embolic risk are similar.

TL;DR: The study underlines the need for systematic screening for vertebral and splenic localizations, and suggests the use of early surgery to prevent the high risk of embolism in patients with S. bovis endocarditis.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the prevalence of cardiovascular abnormalities with echocardiography with color Doppler scan (ECHO) in a large, consecutive series of patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).