Inflammation of the heart lining (endocardium), in association with a noninfectious disease (e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus) or caused by infection, usually at the heart valves. Severe bacterial infection causes an acute form with fever, sweating, chills, joint pain and swelling, and embolisms. Subacute endocarditis usually comes from bacteria that do not ordinarily cause disease. Bacterial endocarditis is usually treated with long-term antibiotics. In nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis, blood clots form along heart valve edges
Exudative and proliferative inflammatory alterations of the endocardium, characterised by the presence of vegetations on the surface of the endocardium or in the endocardium itself and most commonly involving a heart valve, but sometimes affecting the inner lining of the cardiac chambers or the endocardium elsewhere It may occur as a primary disorder or as a complication of or in association with another disease
Endocarditis is an inflammation of the endocardium (the lining of the heart) and valves Frequently caused by a bacterial infection or rheumatic fever, symptoms include fever, embolism, changing heart murmurs, and heart failure ENDOCARDIUM The endocardium is the delicate inner lining of the heart, which also covers the arteries, veins and valves The cusps of the valves are formed from folds of this linings
occurs when a microbe infects the endocardium Right sided endocarditis involves the tricuspid valve and is frequently caused by intravenous drug use or by central venous lines
An infection of the inner lining of the heart or its valves It is usually caused by bacteria and is more likely to occur in people who have heart valve defects or have had heart surgery to treat valve disease