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- An infection that affects the innermost layer of the heart
- Affects the valves
- Most valve problems cause a murmur
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Term
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Definition
- Subacute -- generally occurs in people with preexisting valvular conditions, lasts a long time
- Acute -- occurs in people with healthy valves, quick onset, usually staph or strep
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Term
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Definition
- Valvular disease
- Prosthetic valves
- Cardiac lesions
- Septal defects
- Previous IE diagnosis
- Age
- Pacemakers
- IV drug use
- Dialysis
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Term
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Definition
- Bacterial -- most common, enters the heart and causes inflammation and infection, vegetations form in the heart and can turn into emboli throughout the body
- Viral
- Fungal
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Term
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Definition
- Malaise
- Fever
- Vascular manifestations -- petechiae, lines in fingernails, osler nodes (painful), janesway lesions (not painful), roth spots (in retina)
- Murmur
- Blood clots throughout body
- Mital and aortic valves most affected
- Subacute symptoms are longer and more drawn out
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Term
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Definition
- Blood cultures
- History
- Echocardiogram (valves)
- Chest x-ray (cardiomegaly)
- WBC labs
- Inflammation markers
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Term
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Definition
- Valve replacement
- Medications: long-term IV antibiotics
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