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Infective Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pearls:
 - Consider non-infectious endocarditis in pts with cancer/SLE and
Infective Endocarditis ... Diagnosis and Management ... Embolic phenomenon ... @AnnKumfer #Infective ... Diagnosis #Management
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
for metastatic infection ... with multiple embolic ... • Aggressive management ... metastatic foci of infection ... criticalcare #diagnosis #management
Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
Endocarditis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... typically secondary to infection ... Vascular (septic emboli ... Cx for atypical endocarditis
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
Differentiating NBTE from Infective ... Endocarditis No ... infarcts Features of Infective ... Endocarditis: ... #comparison #infective
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Infective Endocarditis ... ) • Fat Embolism ... bone) • Air Embolism ... Marfan's Syndrome, Infective ... Endocarditis, Atherosclerosis
Clinical Features of Infective Endocarditis

General 
 - Malaise 
 - Clubbing 

Cardiac 
 - Murmurs
Clinical Features of Infective ... Endocarditis ... Neurological - Cerebral emboli ... Haematuria #Infective ... #Endocarditis #
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
 •
Infective endocarditis ... and sources of infection ... prosthetic valve endocarditis ... malignancy #Infective ... #Endocarditis #
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Endocarditis Summary ... Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis ... Endocarditis ... #Endocarditis ... #diagnosis #management
Non-Infective Endocarditis (NBTE / Marantic Endocarditis)
Non-infective endocarditis is also known as: Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), Aseptic
Non-Infective Endocarditis ... ) Non-infective ... and likely to embolize ... differentiate infective ... vs non-infective
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Coronary Artery Embolism ... Concomitant coronary emboli ... Evidence of an embolic ... • Presence of embolic ... cardiac surgery, endocarditis