Infective Endocarditis in Adults

An update to guidelines published in 2005, this new document continues to incorporate an evidence-based scoring system but now provides the evidence level for each recommendation.

Sponsoring Organizations: American Heart Association and Infectious Diseases Society of America

Target Audience: Cardiac surgeons, cardiologists, general internists, hospitalists, infectious diseases specialists

Target Population: Patients with suspected or confirmed infective endocarditis (IE)

Background and Objective

The American Heart Association's recommendations for the diagnosis and management of IE were perhaps the first major clinical practice guidelines in the field of infectious diseases. The new recommendations update those from 2005; they continue to incorporate an evidence-based scoring system but now more precisely delineate each recommendation with an evidence level.

Key Points

The recommendations on diagnosis and on use of echocar…

Reviewing Author

Richard T. Ellison III, MD

Disclosures

Consult/Advisory BoardAcurx Pharmaceuticals, LLC;

Grant/Research SupportDoctors Company Foundation, Massachusetts Department of Public Health