[New 2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of endocarditis].

A succinct summary of the 2023 guidelines on the management of infectious endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology is presented. Main new aspects are (1) the importance of treating endocarditis at a hospital with an endocarditis team and cardiac surgery, (2) a less restrictive recommendation for antibiotic prophylaxis, which now favors an individualized indication in patients with risk, e.g.

Novel 3D versus traditional transesophageal echocardiography techniques: Defining differences in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis.

Background: Despite the availability of current antibiotic and surgical treatment options, infective endocarditis (IE) remains associated with a high mortality rate. Even though two-dimensional (2D) transesophageal echocardiography (TOE) is a major criteria in the diagnosis of IE, it is constrained by the single-plane orientation. Since three-dimensional (3D) TOE provides a comprehensive understanding of the cardiac architecture by allowing for a realistic visualization of the underlying structures in 3D space, it has attracted considerable interest in recent years.