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Yes No

Yes

No

Emergency

Urgent Non-urgent Patient with infective endocarditis

Imaging Blood culture

Adjust antibiotic according to results of blood cultures

Endocarditis Team

Empiric antibiotic therapy i.v.

Continue appropriate antibiotic therapy

Complications

Complications

Cardiac surgery

Antibiotic therapy i.v. in hospital or OPAT

Patient-centred care

Recovery plan Patient education - oral and general hygiene

Continue appropriate

antibiotic therapy Continue appropriate antibiotic therapy

Endocarditis Team

Figure 1 Management of patients with infective endocarditis. i.v., intravenous; OPAT, outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy. Downloaded from academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/44/39/3948/7243107 by guest on 07 October 2026