Infective Endocarditis
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Management of Patients with Structural, Infectious, and Inflammatory Cardiac Disorders — Brunner & Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing▶ 2:19Things like the ominous sound of a pericardial friction rubAnd the systemic signs of infective endocarditisSo are you ready to start with the mechanical foundationsCardiac and Vascular Disease Manifestations — Cardiac-Vascular Nursing Review and Resource Manual▶ 21:09In this scenario, the door opens fine, but it won't latch closed completely during ventricular systoleThe causes here can also be rheumatic heart disease, but it can also stem from infective endocarditis, eating away the valve, or…It can even happen acutely if a patient has a myocardial infarction that kills the papillary muscle anchoring the valve, causing it…Inflammatory & Structural Heart Disorders — Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems▶ 1:21Ready to jump inAll right, first up, infective endocarditis, i e, and this is where things get really quite interestingWe're talking about an infection of the heart's absolute inner lining, the endocardium, and critically, the heart valves