Infective Endocarditis - Presentation, Investigation & Therapy Flashcards
What is infective endocarditis?
Infection of the endocardium
What is infection of the endocardium called?
Infective endocarditis
What are the 3 layers of the heart?
Epicardium
Myocardium
Endocardium
In what layer are the valve structures?
Endocardium
In what layer are the chordae tendinae?
Endocardium
What is the mortality of infective endocarditis?
High (15-30%)
What is the prevalence of infective endocarditis?
3-10/100000
What is the male to female ratio of infective endocarditis?
Male to female 2:1
Does infective endocarditis affect more males or females?
Males
Is the prognosis of infective endocarditis worse in males or females?
Females
How is the team that treats infective endocarditis pretty unique?
It has its own team
What is the team that treats infective endocarditis called?
IE team
Who is in the IE team?
Cardiologist
Microbiologist
Cardiothoracic surgeon
Neurologist/neurosurgeons
Reference centre
What is the advantage of infective endocarditis having its own team?
Reduces mortality
Who are some typical people who present with infective endocarditis?
Older patients with degenerative heart disease
Healthcare
Intra cardiac devices (ICD)
Valve diseases
Prosthetic valves
Immunocompromised patients
What does ICD stand for?
Intra-cardiac devices
What are some diseases that lead to infective endocarditis?
Native valve infective endocarditis
Mitral valve prolapse
Congenital heart disease
What are examples of congenital conditions that can lead to infective endocarditis?
Ventricular septal defect
Bicuspid aortic valve
Patent ductus arteriosus
What are some risk factors for native valve infective endocarditis?
Mitral valve disease
Rheumatic heart disease
Congeital heart disease
Degenerative heart disease
Asymmetrical septal hypertrophy
Intravenous drug abusers
Alcoholic cirrhosis
Diabetic mellitus
Indwelling medical devices
What is the pathophysiology for infective endocarditis?
1) Normal valve endothelium is resistance to colonisation and infection
2) Mechanical endothelial disruption exposes extracellular matrix protein causing production of tissue factors
3) Deposition of fibrin and platelets causing nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis
4) This facilitates bacterial adherence and infection
What is normal valve endothelium resistant to?
Colonisation and infection
What does a damaged endothelial valve lead to?
Turbulent blood flow
Electrodes
Catheters
Inflammation (rheumatic carditis)
Degenerative valve disease
As well as damaged endothelial valve, how may a normal valve lead to infective endocarditis?
Inflammation
What are the different ways a normal valve can lead to infective endocarditis?
Damaged endothelium
Inflammation
Bacteraemia
What is the process of a valve becoming inflammed and leading to infective endocarditis?
1) Inflammation of endothelial cell causes expression of integrins
2) Integrins are transmembrane proteins that bind to circulating fibronectin
3) Staph aureus (and other pathogens) carry fibronectin which binds to these surface proteins
4) Aherent organisms trigger active internalisation into valve endothelial cells