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Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
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Endocarditis ... - Prosthetic valves ... - Aortic valve ... RiskFactors #Cardiology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... for metastatic infection ... consultation • Valve ... growth or worsening valve ... #diagnosis #management
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Diagnosis Acute ... Endocarditis, Acute ... Prosthetic Valve ... : Infective Endocarditis ... #cardiology
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
endocarditis, Myxomatous ... • Prosthetic valve ... Mitral annulus valve ... Regurgitation #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Osborn (J Wave)

Etiology 
• Hypothermia (below 320C / SOOF) 
• Normal variant 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Neurological
No prognostic value ... Osborn #JWave #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Cardiology #EKG ... #ECG #Hypothermia
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
culture negative infective ... endocarditis Bartonella ... BCNIE #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #CNIE #BCNIE #cardiology
Colonic Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal XRay - Differential Diagnosis:
 • inflammatory bowel disease: UC and CD
Abdominal XRay - Differential ... Diagnosis: • inflammatory ... : UC and CD • infection ... (e.g. pseudomembranous ... #Diagnosis #radiology
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Endocarditis (BCNIE ... BCNIE Diagnostic ... special stains (e.g ... #Endocarditis # ... diagnosis #differential
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
Syncope #Syndromes #ECG ... #EKG #Checklist ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... electrocardiogram #differential