"Endocarditis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart (ENDOCARDIUM), the continuous membrane lining the four chambers and HEART VALVES. It is often caused by microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and rickettsiae. Left untreated, endocarditis can damage heart valves and become life-threatening.
| Descriptor ID |
D004696
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.280.282
|
| Concept/Terms |
Infective Endocarditis- Infective Endocarditis
- Endocarditides, Infective
- Endocarditis, Infective
- Infective Endocarditides
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Endocarditis".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Endocarditis".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Endocarditis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Endocarditis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Endocarditis" by people in Profiles.
-
Association of Intravenous Drug Use and Length of Stay Following Infective Endocarditis. J Surg Res. 2023 02; 282:239-245.
-
Surgical outcomes of pulmonary valve infective endocarditis: A US population-based analysis. Int J Cardiol. 2022 08 15; 361:50-54.
-
Surgical outcomes and optimal approach to treatment of aortic valve endocarditis with aortic root abscess. J Card Surg. 2022 Jul; 37(7):1917-1925.
-
Intravenous Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients with Unsuspected Infective Endocarditis. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2021 Mar; 30(3):105502.
-
Effect of Publicly Reported Aortic Valve Surgery Outcomes on Valve Surgery in Injection Drug- and Non-Injection Drug-Associated Endocarditis. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 07 27; 71(3):480-487.
-
The Spectrum of Nontraumatic Convexity Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2019 Dec; 28(12):104473.
-
75-Year-Old Woman With Multiple Systemic Emboli. JAMA Cardiol. 2018 01 01; 3(1):84-85.
-
Reconstructive valve surgery within 10 days of stroke in endocarditis. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2016 Jul; 24(6):523-9.
-
A multicentre evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of high-dose daptomycin for the treatment of infective endocarditis. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2013 Dec; 68(12):2921-6.
-
Prosthetic valve endocarditis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Sep; 80(3):1151-8.