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Infective endocarditis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A multicenter, prospective, cohort study

Fernando Dominguez1, Antonio Ramos, Emilio Bouza

  • 1aDepartment of Cardiology, Heart Failure and Inherited Cardiac Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro bInfectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro cClinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón dHealth Research Institute Gregorio Marañón, CIBER Respiratory Diseases-CIBERES (CB06/06/0058), Medical School, Complutense University, Madrid eInfectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla fDepartment of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla gDepartment of Cardiology, Hospital de Sierrallana, Santander hInfectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS, Barcelona University iDepartment of Cardiology, Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS, Barcelona University, Barcelona jDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Seville kInfectious Diseases Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña lDepartment of Cardiology, Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga mInfectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario Cruces, País Vasco University, Bilbao nDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Málaga oDepartment of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Medical School, Murcia University, Murcia pMyocardial Biology Programme, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain.

Medicine
|July 2, 2016
PubMed
Summary

Infective endocarditis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients has a high mortality rate. This suggests that these patients may benefit from antibiotic prophylaxis, despite current guidelines not recommending it.

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