CV Flashcards
IE in tricuspid is due to what and what bacteria?
IVDU, staph aureus (skin)
Most common IE valve?
Mitral
IE is more common from strep if?
From tooth extraction
Most common bug in IE?
Staph aureus
Acute IE presentation?
Young pt with flu sx, high fever, new m/m
Subacute IE presentation and bug?
Old person with anemia and S.viridans
S/sx in IE?
Fever, Roth spots, Osler’s nodes, Murmur, Janeway lesions, Anemia, Nail hemorrhage (splinter), Embolia/petechiae (FROM JANE)
If someone with abnormal valve needs a tooth extraction, what do you give them for ppx to avoid IE?
Amoxicilin
A pregnant lady is giving birth and has acute CV collapse. Has a h/o of a diastolic m/m. What is it and what do you do?
She went into afib and has mitral stenosis, you need to cardiovert
High CO HF causes
Thyrotoxicosis, AVM, Paget’s disease, chronic anemia