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The Clinical Challenge of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: JACC Focus Seminar 3/4.

Publicated to:Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology. 83 (15): 1418-1430 - 2024-04-16 83(15), DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.01.037

Authors: Cuervo G; Quintana E; Regueiro A; Perissinotti A; Vidal B; Miro JM; Baddour LM

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Department of Cardiology, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. - Author
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. - Author
Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Clinic, August Pi I Sunyer Institute of Biomedical Research (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Biomedical Network Research Center for Infectious Diseases (CIBERINFEC), Carlos III Health Instit - Author
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Clinic, August Pi I Sunyer Institute of Biomedical Research (IDIBAPS) and Biomedical Research Networking Center of Bioengineering, Biomaterials, and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Carlos III Health Institute, Barcelona, - Author
Division of Public Health, Infectious Diseases, and Occupational Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. - Author
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Abstract

During the past 6 decades, there have been numerous changes in prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE), currently affecting an older population and increasing in incidence in patients with transcatheter-implanted valves. Significant microbiologic (molecular biology) and imaging diagnostic (fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography) advances have been incorporated into the 2023 Duke-International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases infective endocarditis diagnostic criteria, thus increasing the diagnostic sensitivity for PVE without sacrificing specificity in validation studies. PVE is a life-threatening disease requiring management by multidisciplinary endocarditis teams in cardiac centers to improve outcomes. Novel surgical options are now available, and an increasing set of patients may avoid surgical intervention despite indication. Selected patients may complete parenteral or oral antimicrobial treatment at home. Finally, patients with prosthetic valves implanted surgically or by the transcatheter approach are candidates for antibiotic prophylaxis before invasive dental procedures.

Keywords

AggregatibacterAggregatibacter aphrophilusAmoxicillinAmpicillinAntibiotic prophylaxisAntimicrobial therapyBacterial endocarditisCandida glabrataCardiac surgeryCefalexinCefazolinCoagulase negative staphylococcusComplicationComputed tomographic angiographyControlled studyDiagnosisDiagnostic test accuracy studyEndocarditisEndocarditis, bacterialEpidemiologyEtiologyFluorodeoxyglucose f 18HaemophilusHeart valve prosthesisHigh throughput sequencingHumanHumansIn situ hybridizationInfective endocarditisInterdisciplinary educationMicrobiologyMortalityPolymerase chain reactionPositron emission tomography computed tomographyPositron emission tomography-computed tomographyPreventionProceduresPrognosisProsthesis infectionProsthesis-related infectionsProsthetic valve endocarditisPseudomonas aeruginosaReviewRisk factorSensitivity and specificitySingle photon emission computed tomographyStaphylococcus aureusStaphylococcus epidermidisStreptococcus gallolyticusTavr endocarditisTeicoplaninTranscatheter aortic valve implantationTransesophageal echocardiographyTransthoracic echocardiographyVancomycin

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 4/222, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-06-14:

  • Scopus: 7

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-14:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 40.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 40 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 68.6.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 128 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: United States of America.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Cuervo Requena, Guillermo) and Last Author (Miró Meda, Josep M.).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Miró Meda, Josep M..