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Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
- Orthopedic prosthesis ... antibiotics to prevent endocarditis ... heart disease, prosthetic
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 ... generation aortic valve prosthesis ... • Aortic valve prosthesis
Prosthetic Mitral Valve Endocarditis - No bueno!

- Dr. Said Alsidawi @AlsidawiMD

#Prosthetic #MitralValve #Endocarditis #Echocardiogram #POCUS #Clinical
Prosthetic Mitral ... Valve Endocarditis ... AlsidawiMD #Prosthetic ... #MitralValve #Endocarditis
Starr-Edwards Caged Ball Heart Valve Prosthesis on Fluoroscopy

Dr. Mayara Viana @MayaraV77647721

#StarrEdwards #CagedBall #MitralValve #Prosthesis #Fluoroscopy #Cardiology
Ball Heart Valve Prosthesis ... #MitralValve #Prosthesis
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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Infective endocarditis ... • Native and prosthetic ... valve endocarditis ... #Infective #Endocarditis
Endocarditis Algorithm - Infective vs Noninfective Causes
Noninfective:
 • Malignancy
 • Autoimmune disease
 • Systemic infection
Native Valve
Endocarditis Algorithm ... Culture-negative Prosthetic ... Diphtheroids Prosthetic ... amzn.to/2LmUODZ #Endocarditis
Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
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for Infective Endocarditis ... High Risk: - Prosthetic ... Previous infective endocarditis ... #Infective #Endocarditis
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
Endovasc surg/prosthesis
Aortic Valve Prosthesis Paravalvular Leak 

Severe aortic regurgitation due to paravalvular leak of a partially dehiscent
Aortic Valve Prosthesis ... dehiscent aortic valve prosthesis ... #paravalvular #prosthesis
Complications of Staph Aureus Bacteremia
 • CNS Infections
 • Septic pulmonary embolism (0.9% - 18.8%)
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) • Infective endocarditis ... 6% - 24%) - Prosthetic ... 1.4-18.8%) - Prosthetic