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Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
Causes of blood ... #diagnosis #causes ... #Endocarditis #InfectiousDiseases ... #Microbiology #CNIE ... #BCNIE #cardiology
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
fraction; HIV, human ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cardiology #causes
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... and Causes Clinical ... Fabry's Disease, Nieman-Pick ... #Causes #differential ... #cardiology #algorithm
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
Causes of Myocarditis ... Herpesviruses (human ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cardiology #causes
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
a blood meal (passes ... c.onjunctiva) Human ... TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
Causes of Myocarditis ... more commonly cause ... #Myocarditis #Causes ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Autoimmune (SLE Libman ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Differential Diagnosis ... Treat underlying cause ... #management #cardiology
Angiostrongyliasis - Angiostrongylus costaricensis Life Cycle
1) Eggs hatch in the ileum, and first-stage larvae are passed
eggs in tissues causes ... to be shed in human ... costaricensis #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... Autoimmune (SLE Libman ... Septic emboli cause ... Treat underlying cause ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
Aortic dissection on Cardiac CTA

This is a amazing gated CTA showing a real time cine clip
showing a real time cine ... Diagnosis is usually ... The diagnosis can ... CCTA #clinical #cardiology ... #radiology #aorta