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Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
valvular disease • Prosthetic ... Influenza Prosthetic ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... emboli • S. aureus prosthetic ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management
Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Prosthetic Heart Valves - INR Targets
Mechanical Valve - Duration Lifelong
INR 3.0:
Patients with Prosthetic ... Any mitral valve prosthesis ... • Aortic valve prosthesis ... • Aortic valve prosthesis ... warfarin #coumadin #Prosthetic
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
Diagnosis and Management ... • Should be on differential ... reconstruction; erosion of prosthetic ... Management: SURGERY ... Fistula #Diagnosis #Management
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential ... Endovasc surg/prosthesis ... Ischemia #Schema #Differential
Prosthetic Mitral Valve Endocarditis - No bueno!

- Dr. Said Alsidawi @AlsidawiMD

#Prosthetic #MitralValve #Endocarditis #Echocardiogram #POCUS #Clinical
Prosthetic Mitral ... AlsidawiMD #Prosthetic
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 
Decreased Megakaryopoiesis
 • Aplastic Anemia
 • Toxic Damage (e.g.
Thrombocytopenia - Differential ... Prosthetic Heart ... Thrombocytopenia #Differential
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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• Native and prosthetic ... Bacteria #Etiology #Differential
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Regurgitation - Differential ... Endocarditis, Acute Prosthetic ... Degeneration, Prosthetic ... Regurgitation #Differential
Debridement and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)
Duration of symptoms <3 weeks OR  <30 days
Debridement and Management ... of Prosthetic Joint ... therapy Remove prosthesis ... Cortes_Penfield #PJI #Prosthetic ... #Debridement #Management
Causes of Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Always assess for red flags. If no red flags,
of Back Pain - Differential ... constitutional symptoms, parasthesis ... #BackPain #Differential