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Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features ... effusion, Restrictive lung ... , Aortic valve lesions ... ) Blood (75%): Anemia ... erythematosus #signs
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... New-onset Heart Failure ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... #management #cardiology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... • Libman-Sacks endocarditis ... Cytopenias • Cardiac valve ... lymphopenia, low PLT • Anemia ... (C3 and C4) • ds-DNA
RV Failure secondary to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension on Echocardiogram
Pulmonary arterial hypertension resulting in severe RV dilation
RV Failure secondary ... Hypertension on Echocardiogram ... 100% reliable sign ... apically displaced valve ... #clinical #cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
, verrucous) - Lung ... New-onset heart failure ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
Increased pulmonary ... In daily clinical ... , mitral valve disease ... chronic obstructive lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology