Infectious Diseases Of The cardiovascular System.

Question 0

List the stes affected with Infective endocarditis.

Answer 0

Heart valves, Septal defects, Mural endocardium.

Question 1

Name the three forms of carditis.

Answer 1

Endocarditis, Myocarditis, Pericarditis.

Question 2

What are the two main causative agents for infective endocarditis?

Answer 2

Bacteria and fungi.

Question 3

What does NBTE stand for?

Answer 3

Non bacterial endocarditis (NBTE).

Question 4

How does infective endocarditis occur?

Answer 4

Bacteria adhere to traumatised areas of the endocardium, colonize and grow.

Question 5

By what mechanisms do bateria adhere?

Answer 5

Dextran, adhesins, Fibronectin-binding proteins.

Question 6

List some conditions which can cause endothelial cell damage.

Answer 6

Rheumatic heart disease - a complication of rheumatic fever caused from untreated strep throat which damages hear valves,

Congenital heart disease,

Mitral valve prolapse,

Degenerative heart disease,

Prosthetic valve.