Risk of heart valve infections
People with heart disease or defective or artificial heart valves are at increased risk of developing a potentially deadly valve infection. Rutgers researchers reported that new risk factors for this condition have emerged and that an increasing number of patients admitted to hospitals for other diseases are at risk of contracting this potentially lethal cardiac infection. The study, which was published online before print in The American Journal of Cardiology , highlights the need for hospitals to develop ways to prevent this serious infection in the heart . Washington: A new research has found that people with any heart disease or artificial heart valves are at increased risk of developing deadly valve infection. The American Heart Association had recommended that all people at risk for heart valve infections ( infective endocarditis )—typically caused by bacteria entering the bloodstream through the mouth, gastrointestinal or genitourinary tract...