Editorial [Hot Topic Proceedings of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Peripheral Circulation Symposium "Cardiometabolic Risk and Vascular Disease – from Mechanisms to Treatment", Rome 3-5 November 2011 (Guest Editor: Francesco Cosentino Associate Guest Editors: Charalambos Vlachopoulos and Francesco Paneni)]

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 677-677
Author(s):  
Francesco Cosentino
Keyword(s):  
Vascular Disease ◽  
Guest Editor ◽  
European Society ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Cardiometabolic Risk ◽  
Peripheral Circulation ◽  
European Society Of Cardiology

scholarly journals Implementation of the 2015 European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis in the Netherlands

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (12) ◽  
pp. 628-636
Author(s):  
A. R. Wahadat ◽  
J. W. Deckers ◽  
R. P. J. Budde ◽  
J. T. M. van der Meer ◽  
E. H. Natour ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infective Endocarditis ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
European Society ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Working Party ◽  
Diagnostic Techniques ◽  
Dutch Society ◽  
Antibiotic Policy ◽  
Esc Guidelines ◽  
European Society Of Cardiology

AbstractBecause the occurrence of infective endocarditis (IE) continues to be associated with high mortality, a working group was created by the Dutch Society of Cardiology to examine how the most recent European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines for IE management could be implemented most effectively in the Netherlands. In order to investigate current Dutch IE practices, the working group conducted a country-wide survey. Based on the results obtained, it was concluded that most ESC recommendations could be endorsed, albeit with some adjustments. For instance, the suggested pre-operative screening and treatment of nasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus as formulated in the ESC guideline was found to be dissimilar to current Dutch practice, and was therefore made less restrictive. The recently adapted ESC diagnostic criteria for IE were endorsed, while the practical employment of the relevant diagnostic techniques was simplified in an adapted flowchart. In addition, the presence of a multidisciplinary, so-called ‘endocarditis team’ in tertiary centres was proposed as a quality indicator. An adapted flowchart specifically tailored to Dutch practice for microbiological diagnostic purposes was constructed. Lastly, the working group recommended the Stichting Werkgroep Antibioticabeleid (SWAB; Dutch Working Party on Antibiotic Policy) guidelines for IE treatment instead of the antibiotic regimens proposed by the ESC.

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