Simona Bėrontaitė, Rugilė Martinaitytė, Vaida Mizarienė, Rūta Dirsienė Abstract Infective endocarditis is a rare but clinically variable and difficult to diagnose disease. Delayed diagnosis of infective endocarditis can lead to total valve damage, which can require surgical treatment. We present a case report of a 36-year-old patient admitted to the hospital because of swelling and…
Pranas Šerpytis, Palmyra Semėnienė, Rasa Čypienė, Arimantas Grebelis, Jonas Misiūra, Irina Alitoit, Akvilė Šmigelskaitė Abstract This article describes the tendencies of surgical treatment of the patients, admitted to Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Klinikos due to infectious endocarditis, during the period of 2007-2009 years. Objective. To assess the factors influencing the timing of surgery. To determine…
Pranas Šerpytis Abstract Summary Summary: Data about patients diagnosed with IE, surgically treated in Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių clinics during the period of 2007 – 2009 years is analised in this article. A diagnosis of IE was based on Duke criterias in all the cases [1]. Epidemiological, etiological, clinical, microbiological, laboratory data are discussed in…
