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==Overview==
==Overview==
The turbulent blood flow around the heart valves is a risk factor for the development of endocarditis.  The valves may be damaged congenitally, from [[surgery]], by [[auto-immune]] mechanisms, or simply as a consequence of old age. The damaged endothelium of these areas becomes a site for attachment of infectious agents in infectious endocarditis.  Dental procedures, [[colorectal cancer]], [[urinary tract infections]] and [[intravenous drug use]] are the most common routes of introducing the infectious agent into the bloodstream.  The three most common pathogens are strepotococcus viridans, staphylococcus and enterococcus.  In non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), the damaged part of a heart valve becomes covered with a blood clot which organizes.
The pathogenesis of infective endocarditis includes valvular damage, altered and turbulent flow, bacteremia, and lack of blood supply to the [[valve]]s. Damaged endothelium becomes a site for attachment of infectious agents in infectious endocarditis.  Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis is related to hypercoagulable states such as [[pregnancy]] or systemic bacterial [[infection]]. The characteristic lesion of endocarditis is vegetation.  Vegetations are composed of [[fibrin]], inflammatory cells, [[platelets]], and microorganisms.


==Bacteremia==
==Pathophysiology==
In a healthy individual, a [[bacteremia]] (where bacteria get into the blood stream through a minor cut or wound) would normally be cleared quickly with no adverse consequences. If a heart valve is damaged and covered with [[thrombus]], these structures can provide a nidus for bacteria to attach themselves and an infection can be established.
===Pathogenesis===
====Infective Endocarditis====


==Pathogens==
* The pathogenesis of infective endocarditis includes:


==Causes of Bacteremia==
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===Dental Procedures===
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The bacteremia is often caused by [[dentistry|dental]] procedures, such as a cleaning or [[Extraction (dental)|extraction]] of a [[tooth]]. It is important that a [[dentist]] or a [[dental hygienist]] therefore be  told of any heart problems before beginning the procedure. [[Endocarditis antibiotic prophylaxis|Prophylactic antibiotics]] are administered to patients with certain heart conditions as a precaution.
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===Entrance of Bacteria Into the Bloodstream===
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Another cause of [[infective endocarditis]] is a scenario in which an excess number of bacteria enter the bloodstream. [[Colorectal cancer]], serious [[urinary tract infection]]s, and [[IV drug]] use can all introduce large numbers of such bacteria. When a large burden of bacteria are introduced, a normal heart valve may be infected. A more virulent organism (such as ''[[Staphylococcus aureus]]'', but see [[#Micro-organisms_responsible|below]] for others) is often responsible for infecting a normal valve.
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===Intravenous Drug Use===
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Infections of the [[tricuspid valve]] and less frequently the [[pulmonic valve]] tend to occur in intravenous drug users given the high pathogen burden from their introduction in the [[vein]]. The diseased valve is most commonly affected when there is a pre-existing disease. In rheumatic heart disease this is the [[aortic valve]] and the [[mitral valve]]s, on the left side of the heart.
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:Valvular Damage
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*Altered and turbulent flow
*[[Catheter]]s, electrodes, and other intracardiac devices
*Solid particles from repeated intravenous injections
*Chronic [[inflammation]]  
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:Bacteremia
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*Dental procedures
*[[Intravenous drug use]]
*Complicated [[urinary tract infection]]s
*[[Colorectal cancer]]
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:Lack of blood supply to valves
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*Blunted immune response
*Therapeutic drugs have difficulty reaching infected valves
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====Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis====


==Pathology==
* The exact pathogenesis of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis is not completely understood.
[http://www.peir.net Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology]
*[[Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis]] (NBTE), also called marantic endocarditis is most commonly found on previously undamaged valves.
*The vegetations in nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis are sterile and small.
*The vegetations mostly aggregate at the edges of the valve or the cusps.
* We can divide the pathogenesis pathway of nonbacterial endocarditis into to phase:
** Initiating phase
*** Immune complexes:<ref name="pmid3135393">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ford PM, Ford SE, Lillicrap DP |title=Association of lupus anticoagulant with severe valvular heart disease in systemic lupus erythematosus |journal=J. Rheumatol. |volume=15 |issue=4 |pages=597–600 |date=April 1988 |pmid=3135393 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Williams | first = Ralph | title = Immune complexes in clinical and experimental medicine | publisher = Harvard University Press | location = Cambridge, Mass | year = 1980 | isbn = 978-0674444386 }}</ref>
****Circulating immune complexes and complement deposition can initiate the process.
****The example for this initiating factor in libman sacks endocarditis in lupus patients.
*** Hypoxia:<ref name="pmid9808440">{{cite journal |vauthors=Nakanishi K, Tajima F, Nakata Y, Osada H, Ogata K, Kawai T, Torikata C, Suga T, Takishima K, Aurues T, Ikeda T |title=Tissue factor is associated with the nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis induced by a hypobaric hypoxic environment in rats |journal=Virchows Arch. |volume=433 |issue=4 |pages=375–9 |date=October 1998 |pmid=9808440 |doi=10.1007/s004280050262 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid11355169">{{cite journal |vauthors=Truskinovsky AM, Hutchins GM |title=Association between nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis and hypoxigenic pulmonary diseases |journal=Virchows Arch. |volume=438 |issue=4 |pages=357–61 |date=April 2001 |pmid=11355169 |doi=10.1007/s004280000372 |url=}}</ref>
****Some studies demonstrated that hypoxia may lead to tissue factor activation.
****Higher tissue factor level has an association with higher rate of endocarditis.
****Other studies implies that the rate of endocarditis is higher in smokers and patients with chronic lung disease and possibly hypoxia.
*** Hypercoagulability:<ref name="pmid13403513">{{cite journal |vauthors=MACDONALD RA, ROBBINS SL |title=The significance of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis:  an autopsy and clinical study of 78 cases |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=46 |issue=2 |pages=255–73 |date=February 1957 |pmid=13403513 |doi=10.7326/0003-4819-46-2-255 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid834136">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sack GH, Levin J, Bell WR |title=Trousseau's syndrome and other manifestations of chronic disseminated coagulopathy in patients with neoplasms: clinical, pathophysiologic, and therapeutic features |journal=Medicine (Baltimore) |volume=56 |issue=1 |pages=1–37 |date=January 1977 |pmid=834136 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
****There is an association between hypercoagulable state and clotting factor abnormalities with initiation of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis.
*****
*** Carcinomatosis:<ref name="pmid4577065">{{cite journal |vauthors=Gralnick HR, Abrell E |title=Studies of the procoagulant and fibrinolytic activity of promyelocytes in acute promyelocytic leukaemia |journal=Br. J. Haematol. |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=89–99 |date=January 1973 |pmid=4577065 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2141.1973.tb05730.x |url=}}</ref>
****The association between cancer and nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis is well established.
****In most of the cases of cancer related endocarditis we have abnormal activity of tissue factor.
****Tissue factor may be secreted from promyelocytic leukaemia cells.
****Tissue factor may be expressed on the surface of adenocarcinoma cells which leads to increased expression of tissue factor by endothelial cells.
*****
** Verrucae formation


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== Genetics ==
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Genes involved in the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis include:<ref name="pmid25299518">{{cite journal |vauthors=Weinstock M, Grimm I, Dreier J, Knabbe C, Vollmer T |title=Genetic variants in genes of the inflammatory response in association with infective endocarditis |journal=PLoS ONE |volume=9 |issue=10 |pages=e110151 |date=2014 |pmid=25299518 |pmc=4192365 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0110151 |url=}}</ref>
Image:Breast intraductal papilloma metastasis.jpg|Heart; Breast intraductal papilloma metastasis. Thrombotic Nonbacterial Endocarditis (Infected): Gross mitral valve natural color vegetations well illustrated these were secondarily infected with staphylococcus case of 8 year survival breast intraductal papillary adenocarcinoma with extensive metastases. Aortic valve also involved  
 
Image:Papillar intraductal carcinoma metastasis to heart.JPG|Thrombotic Nonbacterial Endocarditis Infected: Micro low mag H&E fibrin vegetation with masses of staphylococci and inflammatory cells in valve secondarily infected case 8 year survival breast papillary intraductal adenocarcinoma with extensive metastases gross is aortic valve lesions.  
* Interleukin-6 c.471+870G>A
* Interleukin-1b c.315C>T
* Selectin-E c.-19 GT
 
Genes involved in the pathogenesis of nonbacterial thrombotic [[endocarditis]] include:<ref name="pmid21560828">{{cite journal |vauthors=Durante-Mangoni E, Iossa D, Nappi F, Utili R |title=Inherited hyper-homocysteinemia as a cause of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis |journal=J. Heart Valve Dis. |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=232–3 |date=March 2011 |pmid=21560828 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
 
* Homozygous for the C677T mutation of the [[Methylenetetrahydrofolate-tRNA-(uracil-5-)-methyltransferase|methylenetetrahydrofolate]] reductase gene which leads to [[hyperhomocysteinemia]].
*
 
== Associated Conditions ==
Conditions associated with [[endocarditis]] include:
 
*[[Prosthetic heart valve]]s<ref name="pmid3272238">{{cite journal |vauthors=Arvay A, Lengyel M |title=Incidence and risk factors of prosthetic valve endocarditis |journal=Eur J Cardiothorac Surg |volume=2 |issue=5 |pages=340–6 |date=1988 |pmid=3272238 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*Valvular heart disease ([[mitral valve prolapse]] is the most common valvular lesion that predisposes to endocarditis)<ref name="pmid117941522">{{cite journal| author=Mylonakis E, Calderwood SB| title=Infective endocarditis in adults. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2001 | volume= 345 | issue= 18 | pages= 1318-30 | pmid=11794152 | doi=10.1056/NEJMra010082 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11794152  }}</ref><ref name="CorrigallBolen1977">{{cite journal|last1=Corrigall|first1=Denton|last2=Bolen|first2=James|last3=Hancock|first3=E.William|last4=Popp|first4=Richard L.|title=Mitral valve prolapse and infective endocarditis|journal=The American Journal of Medicine|volume=63|issue=2|year=1977|pages=215–222|issn=00029343|doi=10.1016/0002-9343(77)90235-2}}</ref>
*[[Intravenous]] drug abuse<ref name="SousaBotelho2012">{{cite journal|last1=Sousa|first1=C.|last2=Botelho|first2=C.|last3=Rodrigues|first3=D.|last4=Azeredo|first4=J.|last5=Oliveira|first5=R.|title=Infective endocarditis in intravenous drug abusers: an update|journal=European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases|volume=31|issue=11|year=2012|pages=2905–2910|issn=0934-9723|doi=10.1007/s10096-012-1675-x}}</ref>
*Intracardiac devices, such as [[implantable cardioverter-defibrillators]]<ref name="SohailUslan2008">{{cite journal|last1=Sohail|first1=Muhammad R.|last2=Uslan|first2=Daniel Z.|last3=Khan|first3=Akbar H.|last4=Friedman|first4=Paul A.|last5=Hayes|first5=David L.|last6=Wilson|first6=Walter R.|last7=Steckelberg|first7=James M.|last8=Jenkins|first8=Sarah M.|last9=Baddour|first9=Larry M.|title=Infective Endocarditis Complicating Permanent Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Infection|journal=Mayo Clinic Proceedings|volume=83|issue=1|year=2008|pages=46–53|issn=00256196|doi=10.4065/83.1.46}}</ref>
*[[Hemodialysis]]<ref name="MccarthySteckelberg2000">{{cite journal|last1=Mccarthy|first1=James T.|last2=Steckelberg|first2=James M.|title=Infective Endocarditis in Patients Receiving Long-term Hemodialysis|journal=Mayo Clinic Proceedings|volume=75|issue=10|year=2000|pages=1008–1014|issn=00256196|doi=10.4065/75.10.1008}}</ref>
*[[Congenital heart disease]]<ref name="KnirschNadal2011">{{cite journal|last1=Knirsch|first1=Walter|last2=Nadal|first2=David|title=Infective endocarditis in congenital heart disease|journal=European Journal of Pediatrics|volume=170|issue=9|year=2011|pages=1111–1127|issn=0340-6199|doi=10.1007/s00431-011-1520-8}}</ref>
*History of [[rheumatic heart disease]]<ref name="pmid9841581">{{cite journal |vauthors=Strom BL, Abrutyn E, Berlin JA, Kinman JL, Feldman RS, Stolley PD, Levison ME, Korzeniowski OM, Kaye D |title=Dental and cardiac risk factors for infective endocarditis. A population-based, case-control study |journal=Ann. Intern. Med. |volume=129 |issue=10 |pages=761–9 |date=November 1998 |pmid=9841581 |doi=10.7326/0003-4819-129-10-199811150-00002 |url=}}</ref>
*[[Diabetes mellitus]]<ref name="pmid31242695">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lin CJ, Chua S, Chung SY, Hang CL, Tsai TH |title=Diabetes Mellitus: An Independent Risk Factor of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Infective Endocarditis in a New Era of Clinical Practice |journal=Int J Environ Res Public Health |volume=16 |issue=12 |pages= |date=June 2019 |pmid=31242695 |pmc=6617149 |doi=10.3390/ijerph16122248 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid20583393">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chirillo F, Bacchion F, Pedrocco A, Scotton P, De Leo A, Rocco F, Valfrè C, Olivari Z |title=Infective endocarditis in patients with diabetes mellitus |journal=J. Heart Valve Dis. |volume=19 |issue=3 |pages=312–20 |date=May 2010 |pmid=20583393 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*[[Colon cancer]]<ref name="LazarovitchShango2012">{{cite journal|last1=Lazarovitch|first1=T.|last2=Shango|first2=M.|last3=Levine|first3=M.|last4=Brusovansky|first4=R.|last5=Akins|first5=R.|last6=Hayakawa|first6=K.|last7=Lephart|first7=P. R.|last8=Sobel|first8=J. D.|last9=Kaye|first9=K. S.|last10=Marchaim|first10=D.|title=The relationship between the new taxonomy of Streptococcus bovis and its clonality to colon cancer, endocarditis, and biliary disease|journal=Infection|volume=41|issue=2|year=2012|pages=329–337|issn=0300-8126|doi=10.1007/s15010-012-0314-x}}</ref>
 
*[[Hypercoagulable state]] such as [[pregnancy]] and systemic bacterial infection <ref>{{cite journal|title=THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NONBACTERIAL THROMBOTIC ENDOCARDITIS: AN AUTOPSY AND CLINICAL STUDY OF 78 CASES|journal=Annals of Internal Medicine|volume=46|issue=2|year=1957|pages=255|issn=0003-4819|doi=10.7326/0003-4819-46-2-255}}</ref><ref name="HorwitzWard1971">{{cite journal|last1=Horwitz|first1=Charles A.|last2=Ward|first2=Patrick C.J.|title=Disseminated intravascular coagulation, nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis and adult pulmonary hyaline membranes-an interrelated triad?|journal=The American Journal of Medicine|volume=51|issue=2|year=1971|pages=272–280|issn=00029343|doi=10.1016/0002-9343(71)90245-2}}</ref>
*[[Malignancy]] especially mucin-producing [[adenocarcinoma]]s (most commonly associated with pancreatic adenocarcinomas)<ref name="MinGyorkey1980">{{cite journal|last1=Min|first1=Kyung-Whan|last2=Gyorkey|first2=Ferene|last3=Sato|first3=Clifford|title=Mucin-producing adenocarcinomas and nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis. Pathogenetic role of tumor mucin|journal=Cancer|volume=45|issue=9|year=1980|pages=2374–2382|issn=0008-543X|doi=10.1002/1097-0142(19800501)45:9<2374::AID-CNCR2820450923>3.0.CO;2-J}}</ref>
*[[Systemic lupus erythematosus]]<ref name="MoyssakisTektonidou2007">{{cite journal|last1=Moyssakis|first1=Ioannis|last2=Tektonidou|first2=Maria G.|last3=Vasilliou|first3=Vassilios A.|last4=Samarkos|first4=Michael|last5=Votteas|first5=Vassilios|last6=Moutsopoulos|first6=Haralampos M.|title=Libman-Sacks Endocarditis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Prevalence, Associations, and Evolution|journal=The American Journal of Medicine|volume=120|issue=7|year=2007|pages=636–642|issn=00029343|doi=10.1016/j.amjmed.2007.01.024}}</ref>
 
== Gross Pathology ==
On gross pathology, characteristic findings of endocarditis are:
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*Left-sided valve involvement (mitral, aortic) more common generally
*Right-sided valve involvement (pulmonic, tricuspid valve) more common in intravenous drug abusers
*Valvular vegetations
*Valvular destruction
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! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" | Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis
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*Round non-destructive vegetations, usually at the line of closure
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== Microscopic Pathology  ==
On microscopic histopathological, characteristic findings of endocarditis are:
 
* Vegetation:
** Vegetations are composed of fibrin, inflammatory cells, platelets, and microorganisms.<ref name="pmid11794152">{{cite journal| author=Mylonakis E, Calderwood SB| title=Infective endocarditis in adults. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2001 | volume= 345 | issue= 18 | pages= 1318-30 | pmid=11794152 | doi=10.1056/NEJMra010082 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11794152  }}</ref>
 
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*Inflammatory infiltrate
*Abundant neutrophils
*Plasma cells may be present in subacute endocarditis
*Microorganisms present
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*Vegetations without inflammation and microorganisms
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Image: Breast intraductal papilloma metastasis.jpg|Heart; Breast intraductal papilloma metastasis. Thrombotic Nonbacterial Endocarditis (Infected): Gross mitral valve natural color vegetations well-illustrated these were secondarily infected with staphylococcus case of 8-year survival breast intraductal papillary adenocarcinoma with extensive metastases. Aortic valve also involved.
Image: Papillar intraductal carcinoma metastasis to heart.JPG|Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis Infected: Micro low mag H&E fibrin vegetation with masses of staphylococci and inflammatory cells in valve secondarily infected case 8-year survival breast papillary intraductal adenocarcinoma with extensive metastases gross is aortic valve lesions.  
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Overview

The pathogenesis of infective endocarditis includes valvular damage, altered and turbulent flow, bacteremia, and lack of blood supply to the valves. Damaged endothelium becomes a site for attachment of infectious agents in infectious endocarditis. Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis is related to hypercoagulable states such as pregnancy or systemic bacterial infection. The characteristic lesion of endocarditis is vegetation. Vegetations are composed of fibrin, inflammatory cells, platelets, and microorganisms.

Pathophysiology

Pathogenesis

Infective Endocarditis

  • The pathogenesis of infective endocarditis includes:
Pathogenic Factors Mechanism
Valvular Damage
  • Altered and turbulent flow
  • Catheters, electrodes, and other intracardiac devices
  • Solid particles from repeated intravenous injections
  • Chronic inflammation
Bacteremia
Lack of blood supply to valves
  • Blunted immune response
  • Therapeutic drugs have difficulty reaching infected valves

Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis

  • The exact pathogenesis of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis is not completely understood.
  • Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), also called marantic endocarditis is most commonly found on previously undamaged valves.
  • The vegetations in nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis are sterile and small.
  • The vegetations mostly aggregate at the edges of the valve or the cusps.
  • We can divide the pathogenesis pathway of nonbacterial endocarditis into to phase:
    • Initiating phase
      • Immune complexes:[1][2]
        • Circulating immune complexes and complement deposition can initiate the process.
        • The example for this initiating factor in libman sacks endocarditis in lupus patients.
      • Hypoxia:[3][4]
        • Some studies demonstrated that hypoxia may lead to tissue factor activation.
        • Higher tissue factor level has an association with higher rate of endocarditis.
        • Other studies implies that the rate of endocarditis is higher in smokers and patients with chronic lung disease and possibly hypoxia.
      • Hypercoagulability:[5][6]
        • There is an association between hypercoagulable state and clotting factor abnormalities with initiation of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis.
      • Carcinomatosis:[7]
        • The association between cancer and nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis is well established.
        • In most of the cases of cancer related endocarditis we have abnormal activity of tissue factor.
        • Tissue factor may be secreted from promyelocytic leukaemia cells.
        • Tissue factor may be expressed on the surface of adenocarcinoma cells which leads to increased expression of tissue factor by endothelial cells.
    • Verrucae formation

Genetics

Genes involved in the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis include:[8]

  • Interleukin-6 c.471+870G>A
  • Interleukin-1b c.315C>T
  • Selectin-E c.-19 GT

Genes involved in the pathogenesis of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis include:[9]

Associated Conditions

Conditions associated with endocarditis include:

Gross Pathology

On gross pathology, characteristic findings of endocarditis are:

Endocarditis Subtype Features on Gross Pathology
Infective Endocarditis
  • Left-sided valve involvement (mitral, aortic) more common generally
  • Right-sided valve involvement (pulmonic, tricuspid valve) more common in intravenous drug abusers
  • Valvular vegetations
  • Valvular destruction
Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis
  • Round non-destructive vegetations, usually at the line of closure

Microscopic Pathology

On microscopic histopathological, characteristic findings of endocarditis are:

  • Vegetation:
    • Vegetations are composed of fibrin, inflammatory cells, platelets, and microorganisms.[25]
Endocarditis Subtype Features on Histopathological Microscopic Analysis
Infective Endocarditis
  • Inflammatory infiltrate
  • Abundant neutrophils
  • Plasma cells may be present in subacute endocarditis
  • Microorganisms present
Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis
  • Vegetations without inflammation and microorganisms

Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM Ph.D. and published with permission © PEIR, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology

  • Heart; Breast intraductal papilloma metastasis. Thrombotic Nonbacterial Endocarditis (Infected): Gross mitral valve natural color vegetations well-illustrated these were secondarily infected with staphylococcus case of 8-year survival breast intraductal papillary adenocarcinoma with extensive metastases. Aortic valve also involved.

    Heart; Breast intraductal papilloma metastasis. Thrombotic Nonbacterial Endocarditis (Infected): Gross mitral valve natural color vegetations well-illustrated these were secondarily infected with staphylococcus case of 8-year survival breast intraductal papillary adenocarcinoma with extensive metastases. Aortic valve also involved.

  • Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis Infected: Micro low mag H&E fibrin vegetation with masses of staphylococci and inflammatory cells in valve secondarily infected case 8-year survival breast papillary intraductal adenocarcinoma with extensive metastases gross is aortic valve lesions.

    Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis Infected: Micro low mag H&E fibrin vegetation with masses of staphylococci and inflammatory cells in valve secondarily infected case 8-year survival breast papillary intraductal adenocarcinoma with extensive metastases gross is aortic valve lesions.

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