Endocarditis

Introduction: Endocarditis

Endocarditis: Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Endocarditis is available below.

Symptoms of Endocarditis

• Symptoms of mild or chronic cases:
  • Non-specific symptoms
  • Tiredness
  • Weakness
  • Fever

See full list of 16 symptoms of Endocarditis

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Endocarditis:

• High Blood Pressure: Home Testing
  • Home Blood Pressure Tests
  • Home Blood Pressure Monitors
  • Home Heart Tests
• Heart Health: Home Testing:
  • Heart Rate Monitors
  • Irregular Heartbeat Detection
  • Heart Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Home Cholesterol Tests

Medical Textbooks Online about Endocarditis

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Endocarditis?

• Misdiagnosis of Endocarditis
• Underlying causes of Endocarditis (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Endocarditis

Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss, there are varying degrees of severity. It is altogether too...read more »

Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something milder. Some of the conditions which may be ...read more »

Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations and rapid heartbeat. In rare cases, this undiagnosed condition can be fatal. It should be...read more »

Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed, leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed. People become concerned that a condition is a heart attack, whereas there are various less dangerous...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used...read more »

Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more likely in children. Some of the symptoms of...read more »

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Causes of Endocarditis

• Iatrogenic infection - bacterial infection in the blood due to surgery
• Bacteremia
• Autoimmune disease
• Heart damage
• Congenital heart defects

See full list of 11 causes of Endocarditis

More information about causes of Endocarditis:

• Underlying causes of Endocarditis
• Endocarditis as a complication caused by other conditions
• Endocarditis as a symptom

Treatments for Endocarditis

• Antibiotics
• Prolonged course of antibiotics
• Corticosteroids
• Immunosuppressants

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Videos for Endocarditis

Patient Surveys for Endocarditis

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Reseach about Endocarditis

Visit our research pages for current research about Endocarditis treatments.

Clinical Trials for Endocarditis

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Endocarditis include:

• Daptomycin in the Treatment of Subjects With Infective Endocarditis or Bacteremia Due to S. Aureus - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - daptomycin
• IMAGE-Endocarditis: Resonance Magnetic Imaging at the Acute Phase of Endocarditis - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Daptomycin as an Adjuvant Agent in the Treatment of Enterococcal Native Valve Endocarditis. - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Daptomycin
• Outcomes Following Medical or Surgical Management of Endocarditis - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)

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Prevention of Endocarditis

Prevention information for Endocarditis has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Endocarditis.

• Preventive antibiotics for dental procedures
• Preventive antibiotics for surgery

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Statistics for Endocarditis

• Medical statistics for Endocarditis
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Endocarditis
• Death and Mortality statistics for Endocarditis
• Society statistics for Endocarditis

Types of Endocarditis

• Acute endocarditis
• Subacute endocarditis
• Viral endocarditis
• Bacterial endocarditis
• Autoimmune endocarditis

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Medical Guidebooks and Ebooks for Endocarditis

• Icon Health Sourcebook for Endocarditis

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Stories from Users Related to Endocarditis

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User Interactive Forums

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Definitions of Endocarditis:

Exudative and proliferative inflammatory alterations of the endocardium, characterized by the presence of vegetations on the surface of the endocardium or in the endocardium itself, and most commonly involving a heart valve, but sometimes affecting the inner lining of the cardiac chambers or the endocardium elsewhere. It may occur as a primary disorder or as a complication of or in association with another disease. (Dorland, 27th ed) - (Source - Diseases Database)

Inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves - (Source - WordNet 2.1)