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#312 Infective Endocarditis

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Endocarditus

Endo carditus is an infection of any of the endo cardial structureso the heart. It can be caused by a non bacterial thrombotic endocarditus, which is pacely like a little clot on the edge of the valve. And then things that happen in our life, whether it's brushing our teeth, ossing, having a gi malignancy, injecting drugs, whatever it may be, leads to bacteria getting in and around that clotted blood. The symptoms are really non specific, which is why you really need to do a lot of diagnostics we'll talk about to make the diagnosis.

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