Key result
Infective endocarditis in children is primarily associated with congenital structural heart lesions and can often be managed medically without the need for surgical removal of grafts or valves.
Population
Children with infective endocarditis
Design
Review
Authors
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May support medical-first management in congenital heart lesion-associated pediatric IE; leaves open need for prospective validation of surgical thresholds.
Infective endocarditis in children has shifted in etiology from rheumatic heart disease to congenital heart lesions and catheter-associated infections, and is generally manageable with targeted antibiotic therapy.
Robert S. Baltimore (1992) conducted a review in Infective endocarditis. Infective endocarditis in children is primarily associated with congenital structural heart lesions and can often be managed medically without the need for surgical removal of grafts or valves.
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