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Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Lupus (SLE) General ... Pericarditis, Endocarditis ... , Aortic valve lesions ... #systemic #erythematosus ... #signs #symptoms
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
pathognomonic signs/symptoms ... conditions: Autoimmune (SLE ... features: Fever -, Systemic ... dysfunction common, Aortic ... infective #NBTE #Marantic
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
CA • Involves aortic ... • Autoimmune (SLE ... Vascular: • Systemic ... underlying cause + Systemic ... block, annular or aortic
Marantic Endocarditis 

Epidemiology:
 - Incidence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis if associated with cancer) is
Marantic Endocarditis ... (marantic endocarditis ... with no signs/syrnptoms ... Clinical Findings - Systemic ... on mitral and aortic
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... Kikuchi disease • Type-I ... • Libman-Sacks endocarditis ... Cytopenias • Cardiac valve ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Ovarian CA, involves aortic ... • Autoimmune (SLE ... Vascular: • Systemic ... underlying cause + Systemic ... block, annular or aortic