关键词: 感染性心内膜炎, 抗菌治疗, 手术适应症, 诊断

Abstract: Infective endocarditis is a serious，life threatening cardiovascular diseases. Early diagnosis and early surgical treatment are the key to treating infective endocarditis. Appropriate early surgery can avoid death and severe complications，but the best time for surgery remains unclear. The benefits of early surgery should be weighed against its risks by Multidisciplinary collaborations for the clinical worker ，to ensure the opportunity of early surgery for patients. Currently，the main indications for early surgery in patients with IE are heart failure，uncontrolled infection and prevention of embolism. Here we discuss the diagnosis of infective endocarditis，antibiotic treatment and surgical indications.

Key words: infective endocarditis, antibiotic treatment, surgical indications, diagnosis