
Infective endocarditis is a rare but life threatening infection of the heart, specifically the endocardium. We look at what causes infective endocarditis, its signs and symptoms, as well as diagnosis (including dukes criteria for infective endocarditis) and treatment.
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Timestamps:
0:00 What is Infective Endocarditis? (Definition)
0:15 Infective Endocarditis Pathophysiology
1:45 Infective Endocarditis Complications
3:05 Infective Endocarditis Signs and Symptoms
4:20 Infective Endocarditis Risk Factors (Causes)
5:19 Which microorganisms cause infective endocarditis?
6:02 Infective Endocarditis Epidemiology
6:45 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis (Duke Criteria)
8:08 Infective Endocarditis Treatment
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References
- Holland, T.L., Baddour, L.M., Bayer, A.S., Hoen, B. & Miro, J.M., 2016. Infective endocarditis. Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2:16059. [online] Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5240923/. PubMed Central
- Wikipedia, 2025. Infective endocarditis. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infective_endocarditis. Wikipedia
- Rajani, R. & Klein, J.L., 2020. Infective endocarditis: A contemporary update. Clinical Medicine, 20(1), pp.31-35. [online] Available at: https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/clinmedicine/20/1/31. Ovid
- Razmi, R. & Magnusson, P., 2019. Introductory chapter: Infective endocarditis – An introduction. In: Infective Endocarditis. IntechOpen. [online] Available at: https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/45210. ResearchGate
- National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), 2024. Endocarditis, infective. [online] Available at: https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/endocarditis-infective/. National Organization for Rare Disorders
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