{"title":"Infective endocarditis in dogs and cats","authors":"Ewelina Korzybska, L. Bode","doi":"10.12968/coan.2022.0001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Infective endocarditis is an uncommon cardiac disease, caused by microbial invasion of the endocardium or heart valves. It presents many challenges with respect to diagnosis and effective treatment. This article reviews the pathogenesis, clinical presentation, methods of diagnosis and treatment of bacterial endocarditis in dogs and cats.","PeriodicalId":10606,"journal":{"name":"Companion Animal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Companion Animal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.12968/coan.2022.0001","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Infective endocarditis is an uncommon cardiac disease, caused by microbial invasion of the endocardium or heart valves. It presents many challenges with respect to diagnosis and effective treatment. This article reviews the pathogenesis, clinical presentation, methods of diagnosis and treatment of bacterial endocarditis in dogs and cats.