Endocarditis

Endocarditis means inflammation of the endocardium (endocardium - wall, valvular). They can have an infectious or non-infectious cause. Other types include: Rheumatic endocarditis, non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis, Libman-Sacks endocarditis in systemic lupus erythematosus, cardiac involvement in carcinoid syndrome.

Endocarditis on USG (vegetation)

More detailed information can be found on the pages Infectious endocarditis, Infectious endocarditis (pediatrics), Non-infectious endocarditis.

Endocarditis (caused by Haemophilus influenzae)

External Links

• Endokarditida (Czech wikipedia)
• Endocarditis (English wikipedia)

Source

• PASTOR, Jan. Langenbeck's medical web page [online]. ©2004. [cit. 31.10.2010]. <https://langenbeck.webs.com/>.