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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
Infective Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pearls:
 - Consider non-infectious endocarditis in pts with cancer/SLE and
Infective Endocarditis ... Diagnosis and Management ... non-infectious endocarditis ... Embolic phenomenon ... #Diagnosis #Management
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... suspect right-sided endocarditis ... with multiple embolic ... • Aggressive management ... criticalcare #diagnosis #management
Marantic Endocarditis 

Epidemiology:
 - Incidence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis if associated with cancer) is
Marantic Endocarditis ... non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis ... (marantic endocarditis ... signs/syrnptoms of embolic ... #Diagnosis #Management
Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
Endocarditis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Vascular (septic emboli ... Cx for atypical endocarditis ... MetroHealth_EM #Endocarditis
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
from Infective Endocarditis ... Non-Bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis ... Fever -, Systemic embolism ... Features of Infective Endocarditis ... #NonInfective #Endocarditis
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
Endocarditis Signs

 - Osler's Node: Painful red fingers/toes ➔ immune
 - Janeway Lesion: Painless palms/soles ➔
Endocarditis Signs ... palms/soles ➔ emboli ... #Endocarditis
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
 -
Thrombosis • Septic Embolism ... Infective Endocarditis ... ) • Fat Embolism ... bone) • Air Embolism ... Syndrome, Infective Endocarditis
Embolic manifestations of endocarditis - Splinter hemorrhages - nail bed hemorrhages not extending the length of
Embolic manifestations ... of endocarditis ... Nails #Nailbed #Endocarditis