title: Cardiac emergencies: infective endocarditis, pericarditis, and myocarditis.
abstract: Cardiac infections presenting as emergencies include complications of infective endocarditis, including congestive heart failure, chordae tendinae rupture, cardiac arrhythmias, and embolic phenomenon; acute pericarditis, including cardiac tamponade; and acute myocarditis presenting with malignant cardiac arrhythmias or congestive heart failure. Most of these emergent infectious disease manifestations of the cardiovascular system have a good prognosis if diagnosed early and managed appropriately. Newer diagnostic modalities and combined treatment guidelines are available from the European Society of Cardiology and the American Heart Association.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Sentara Medical Group, Norfolk, VA 23502-3979, USA.
authors.forename: Tin Han
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Htwe
authors.forename: Nancy Misri
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Khardori
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care