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Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
murmurValvular ... insult due to vascular ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential ... murmurValvular ... failure • Dyspnea Vascular ... insult due to vascular ... #Differential #
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Venous System/Right Heart ... Angiography or Cardiac ... multiple coronary vascular ... surgery, endocarditis ... #diagnosis #differential
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
disease • Cardiac ... deficit/differential ... BP • New AR murmur ... • Focal neuro ... #vascular
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
cocaine - PEX: New murmur ... , Pulse deficit, ... Focal neuro deficit ... ischemia Pulmonary Embolism ... #Algorithm #differential
Causes of Ischemic Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Thrombosis - Atherosclerosis, Arterial Dissection, Fibromuscular Dysplasia
 - Large
Ischemic Stroke - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Ascending Aorta - Heart ... Atrium • Valvular ... • Bacterial endocarditis
Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
and Management ... to infection of heart ... lines, prosthetic/cardiac ... (septic emboli, ... splinter hemorrhages, murmurs
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
narrow proportional pulse ... pressure (pulse ... pressure ratio 0.25), murmur ... Consider cardiac ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
irregular rhythm, new murmur ... exam Determine Cardiac ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... postoperative cardiac ... medical and surgical management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... or dilated) • Valvular ... • Pulmonary embolus ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB