ArticleTherapeutic advances in infectious disease
Management of infective endocarditis in pregnancy by a multidisciplinary team: a case series.
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- Complex decision-making in pregnancy-associated infective endocarditis: a case series.European heart journal. Case reports · 2026Article
- Infective Endocarditis During Pregnancy: Challenges and Future Directions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Successful mitral valve reconstruction using autologous pericardium in a pregnant patient with severe infective endocarditis: a case report.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery cases · 2025Article
- Lingual artery thrombosis as a presentation of infective endocarditis in a pregnant patient: a case report.European heart journal. Case reports · 2025Article
- Outcomes of Endocarditis in Pregnancy: A Single-Center Experience.Open forum infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Infective Endocarditis during Pregnancy-Keep It Safe and Simple!Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Percutaneous debulking of tricuspid vegetations due to infectious endocarditis in pregnancy: a case report.AJOG global reports · 2023Article
- Paradoxical embolisation to the brain in right-sided infective endocarditis and patent foramen ovale in a pregnant woman.BMJ case reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionThe incidence of infective endocarditis (IE) in pregnancy is rare and has been increasing during the opioid epidemic. IE in pregnancy is associated with high rates of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Multidisciplinary endocarditis teams for management of IE have been shown to reduce in-hospital and 1-year mortality. We present a single-center experience managing IE in pregnancy utilizing a multidisciplinary endocarditis team.
methodsPatients diagnosed with IE while pregnant or within 30 days post-partum were identified. All patients discussed at the institution's weekly multidisciplinary endocarditis meeting were included. Demographic and clinical data and outcome-related variables were retrospectively reviewed and recorded.
resultsBetween 1 October 2020 and 1 June 2021 6 pregnant or 30-day post-partum patients with IE were identified. All patients had co-morbid injection drug use; DISCUSSION: In a small retrospective cases series, coordination of care by a multidisciplinary endocarditis team led to a high-rate of surgical intervention with no patient-directed discharges and no in-hospital or 90-day mortality.
conclusionMultidisciplinary endocarditis teams are a low-risk intervention that may improve outcomes in pregnant patients with IE.
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