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Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
Endocarditis - Diagnosis ... infection of heart valves ... affects Aortic valve ... prosthetic/cardiac valve ... Janeway lesions, splinter
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Endocarditis Summary ... • Prosthetic valve ... Influenza Prosthetic Valve ... Mycotic aneurysm • Splinter ... aureus prosthetic valve
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Endocarditis - Overview ... • Prosthetic valve ... • Prosthetic Valve ... Mycotic aneurysm • Splinter ... aureus prosthetic valve
Embolic manifestations of endocarditis - Splinter hemorrhages - nail bed hemorrhages not extending the length of
manifestations of endocarditis ... - Splinter hemorrhages ... Nails #Nailbed #Endocarditis ... #Splinter #Hemorrhages
Clinical Features of Infective Endocarditis

General 
 - Malaise 
 - Clubbing 

Cardiac 
 - Murmurs
Features of Infective Endocarditis ... Osler's nodes - Splinter ... - Conjunctival splinter ... #Infective #Endocarditis
Skin Findings in Endocarditis - Skin findings include palpable petechiae, splinter hemorrhages (nail bed lesions), Janeway
Skin Findings in Endocarditis ... palpable petechiae, splinter ... #Dermatology #Endocarditis ... #Splinter #JanewayLesions
Non-Infective Endocarditis - Pathophysiology
Non-infective Endocarditis Pathophysiology:
 • Valves usually undamaged - Etiology poorly understood but thought
Non-Infective Endocarditis ... Non-infective Endocarditis ... Pathophysiology: • Valves ... Underlying damage to valve ... of bacteria → Valve
Clinical manifestations of Infective Endocarditis

#Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms #Infective #Endocarditis #Manifestations #Janeway #Roth #OslerNodes #Splinter #PhysicalExam

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manifestations of Infective Endocarditis ... Symptoms #Infective #Endocarditis ... Roth #OslerNodes #Splinter
Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Aortic and Mitral Valve ... Vegetations in Endocarditis ... aortic & mitral valves ... Aortic #Mitral #Valve ... #Vegetations #Endocarditis
Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
 -
for Infective Endocarditis ... - Prosthetic valves ... - Aortic valve ... Previous infective endocarditis ... #Infective #Endocarditis