2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis.
2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis.
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2015 年 ESC 感染性心内膜炎治疗指南。
DOI:
10.1016/j.rec.2015.12.002
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2016
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J. Zamorano
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作者:
G. Habib;P. Lancellotti;M. Antunes;M. Bongiorni;J. Casalta;F. Zotti;R. Dulgheru;G. Khoury;P. Erba;B. Iung;J. Miro;B. Mulder;E. Plonska;S. Price;J. Roos‐Hesselink;U. Snygg;F. Thuny;P. T. Mas;I. Vilacosta;J. Zamorano
The guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) are endorsed by the Spanish Society of Cardiology (Sociedad Española de Cardiología,[SEC]) and are translated into Spanish for publication in Revista Española de Cardiologia. Every updated version of the guidelines is accompanied by a commentary article written in accordance with the aims and methods recommended by the Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee of the SEC. 1 The present article, drafted by a team of experts appointed by the SEC Committee, discusses the new ESC guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis. 2 Another group of experts, recruited by the Clinical Cardiology Section of the SEC and including specialists in cardiac imaging, have made important contributions to the document presented here.The 2015 Guidelines are an update of those published in 2009. Over the intervening 6-year period, there have been important advances in the field that justify publication of an updated version: a) since the recommendation to restrict prophylaxis to high-risk patients in high-risk situations, several large registries have appeared, with different conclusions, and it seems appropriate that the ESC renew its position in this regard; b) a new approach is described, involving specialized units in which experts in different disciplines collaborate in the care of endocarditis patients, and the criteria for referral to these units is specified; c) a randomized study3 comparing medical treatment with surgical treatment has emerged, although the related evidence has not changed substantially because of the limitations described; d) there has been considerable progress in the application of imaging techniques to the diagnosis of endocarditis and these important changes have led to new criteria for diagnosing the disease; and e) substantial modifications have been made in the proposed antibiotic therapy, mainly focused on avoiding toxicity. As was the case of the 2009 guidelines, there is little high-level evidence to uphold the recommendations in the current update, which contains 1 Level A recommendation, 48 Level B (half referring to antibiotic therapy), and 50 Level C (13 referring to antibiotic