2023 ESC Guidelines: Management of Endocarditis

2023 ESC Guidelines: Management of Endocarditis

Guidelines for the Management of Endocarditis1) were presented at ESC Congress 2023, and guideline task force members, drs. Victoria Delgado and Michael A. Borger provided key points of revision.

The guidelines make 34 new recommendations for upgrading prophylactic antibiotic administration, new diagnostic criteria for infective endocarditis, outpatient intravenous antibiotic therapy (OPAT) and oral endocarditis treatment, and the timing and indications for surgery. The guidelines also emphasized the role of the endocarditis team and included recommendations for endocarditis teams.

 
Infective endocarditis is often a serious complication and is not something you want to encounter if possible. The ESC guidelines now include additional information on when to switch to outpatient antibiotic therapy and whether implantable cardiac electrical devices should be removed even if a definitive diagnosis is not made. Please read this article as a reference for the distressing management of endocarditis.
Yoshihiro Motozawa M.D. TCROSS Co. Ltd.

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