Infective endocarditis without biological inflammatory syndrome: Description of a particular entity.

CONCLUSIONS: Left-sided valvular IE with limited or no biological syndrome is rare, but is often associated with severe valvular and paravalvular lesions. TOE should be performed in presence of unexplained heart failure, new valvular regurgitation or cardioembolic stroke when TTE is insufficient to rule out endocarditis, even in patients with a low CRP concentration.
PMID: 31303461 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases - July 10, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ribeyrolles S, Ternacle J, San S, Lepeule R, Moussafeur A, Faivre L, Nahory L, Huguet R, Gallien S, Decousser JW, Fihman V, Fiore A, Mongardon N, Lim P, Oliver L Tags: Arch Cardiovasc Dis Source Type: research