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Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
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- Prosthetic valves ... - Aortic valve ... Coarctation of the aorta ... #RiskFactors #Cardiology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
- Differential Diagnosis ... Acute Infective Endocarditis ... Acute Prosthetic Valve ... Systemic Arterial Hypertension ... #Causes #cardiology
ASE Recommendations for Evaluation of Prosthetic Valves with Echocardiography and Doppler Ultrasound
Normal Flow Patterns and Essential
of Prosthetic Valves ... • Prosthetic Aortic ... Mitral Valves ... Echocardiography #echocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
pathognomonic signs ... specific to NBTE, and diagnosis ... is required for diagnosis ... left-sided heart valves ... dysfunction common, Aortic
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... CA • Involves aortic ... block, annular or aortic ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
85% of predicted value ... Bradycardia & hypotension ... ventricular arrythmias Diagnostics ... Stress #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
Endocarditis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... infection of heart valves ... commonly affects Aortic ... valve (tricuspid
Marantic Endocarditis 

Epidemiology:
 - Incidence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis if associated with cancer) is
patients with no signs ... on mitral and aortic ... valve. ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
disorders: - Aortic ... sclerosis (both heart valve ... PP and systolic hypertension ... • Infective Endocarditis ... Pathophysiology #causes #cardiology
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
acceleration time; Ao = aorta ... and McConnell sign ... cmls) #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Transthoracic #Diagnosis ... RightVentricular #Cardiology