Key result
Review outlines incidence and management of perioperative complications during cardiac surgery for infective endocarditis.
Why the study?
About half of patients with infective endocarditis require cardiac surgery, making it vital for perioperative healthcare providers to comprehensively understand its unique features, complications, and management.
This narrative review highlights the importance of interdisciplinary teamwork and comprehensive understanding of perioperative complications in managing infective endocarditis.
May aid perioperative planning in IE surgery; leaves open standardized protocols pending prospective data.
Infective endocarditis is a challenging condition to manage, requiring collaboration among various medical professionals. Interdisciplinary teamwork within endocarditis teams is essential. About half of the patients diagnosed with the disease will ultimately have to undergo cardiac surgery. As a result, it is vital for all healthcare providers involved in the perioperative period to have a comprehensive understanding of the unique features of infective endocarditis, including clinical presentation, echocardiographic signs, coagulopathy, bleeding control, and treatment of possible organ dysfunction. This narrative review provides a summary of the current knowledge on the incidence of complications and their management in the perioperative period in patients with infective endocarditis.
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Hermanns et al. (2023) conducted a review in Infective endocarditis. Perioperative management was evaluated. This narrative review summarizes current knowledge on the incidence and management of perioperative complications in patients with infective endocarditis undergoing cardiac surgery.
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