title: [Clinical manifestations of infective endocarditis].
abstract: Infective endocarditis has a broad clinical picture, with systemic and multiorgan impairment. The organs most frequently involved are the heart, the central nervous system and the kidneys. Complications are caused by several mechanisms: direct effect on the heart, septic embolisms and immunological phenomena. We review some of the main clinical aspects of this disease, as well as the results of a wide series of patients with infective endocarditis from our hospital.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anguita
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Siles
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vallés
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000209:etiology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis; D011778:Q Fever / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Manifestaciones clínicas de la endocarditis infecciosa.