Damaged heart valves are particularly susceptible to a potentially fatal infection of the valves or lining of the heart known as bacterial endocarditis.
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William Osler first used the term " mycotic aneurysm " in 1885 to describe a mushroom-shaped aneurysm in a patient with subacute bacterial endocarditis.
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Why did the rate of occurrence of bacterial endocarditis differ from one hospital to another, and the embolic rate vary from surgeon to surgeon?
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In 1993, a case was reported of a farmer with documented aortic valve disease who developed bacterial endocarditis due to " S . equinus ".
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Weston died at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco on 16 December 2012 from septic shock and bacterial endocarditis, which were complications related to his HIV positive status.
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The Santiago military hospital said doctors were also taking precautions to ensure Pinochet did not get bacterial endocarditis, an inflammation of the heart's lining that could result from such dental procedures.
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The information from the echocardiograms will indicate whether the patients need to take preventive antibiotics before those procedures are done; the purpose of the antibiotics would be to ward off bacterial endocarditis, an inflammation of the lining of the heart.
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The American Heart Association suggests that dental health be maintained, and that people with a history of bacterial endocarditis, a heart transplant, artificial heart valves, or " some types of congenital heart defects " may wish to consider long-term antibiotic prophylaxis.
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When sterile techniques are not used, bacteria and viruses can be introduced into the bloodstream, including the hepatitis B virus that can cause chronic hepatitis and liver cancer, and HIV, the virus that causes AIDS . In people born with heart valve disorders, bacterial endocarditis, a potentially deadly infection of the heart, can result if they fail to take preventive antibiotics.
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Bivalirudin is contraindicated in patients with active major bleeding and hypersensitivity to bivalirudin or its components . ( In the EU bivalirudin is also contraindicated in patients with an increased risk of bleeding due to hemostasis disorders and / or irreversible coagulation disorders, severe uncontrolled hypertension, subacute bacterial endocarditis, and severe renal impairment [ GFR < 30 ml / min ] and in dialysis-dependent patients ).
