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endocarditis is
based on
clinical features,
investigations such as an echocardiogram, and
blood cultures demonstrating the
presence of
endocarditis-causing...
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distinction between native-valve
endocarditis and prosthetic-valve
endocarditis is
clinically important.
Prosthetic valve endocarditis can be
early (within 1 year...
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Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) is a form of
endocarditis in
which small sterile vegetations are
deposited on the
valve leaflets. Formerly...
- Libman–Sacks
endocarditis is a form of non-bacterial
endocarditis that is seen in ****ociation with
systemic lupus erythematosus,
antiphospholipid syndrome...
- 5–10% of
cases of
infective endocarditis involving native valves and are the most
common Gram-negative
cause of
endocarditis among people who do not use...
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bacterial endocarditis,
abbreviated SBE, is a type of
endocarditis (more specifically,
infective endocarditis).
Subacute bacterial endocarditis can be considered...
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Loeffler endocarditis as a
historical term for the
third stage of
eosinophilic myocarditis. The
signs and
symptoms of
Loeffler endocarditis tend to reflect...
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particular condition, and can be ****ociated with
subacute infective endocarditis, scleroderma, trichinosis,
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid...
- the heart,
called infective endocarditis. This risk is
approximately three-to
eightfold the risk of
infective endocarditis in the
general po****tion. Until...
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indicative of
subacute bacterial endocarditis. 10–25% of
endocarditis patients will have Osler's nodes.
Other signs of
endocarditis include Roth's
spots and Janeway...
