Posted by Pietro Di Gregorio on 7 october 2023 Infective endocarditis (IE) is a pathology which, despite the progress made in the diagnostic and therapeutic fields, is still burdened today by high mortality and serious complications; therefore, the need for a coordinated approach involving the general practitioner, the cardiologist, the surgeon, the microbiologist,...
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Coronary arteries supply oxygen and nutrients to cardiac myocellulas. The contractility of the heart and therefore the pump function is proportional to the good function of the coronary circle. The reduction of coronary flow by stenosis of one or more coronary arteries or even occlusion causes damage to the tributary myocellulas of those arteries, which lack oxygen, suffer and die. This is the genesis of ischemia and myocardial infarction.
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