MedMastery CME

Endocarditis Masterclass

Price: $564 (one year subscription)

CME Credits Available: 2.00

Course Description

This course will hone your diagnostic powers. You’ll learn when to suspect endocarditis, know what cultures to order, and master the echocardiographic appearance of even the most subtle forms. The lessons will cover the most current guidelines on how to suspect, diagnose, and treat endocarditis. Upon completion of this course, you will be an endocarditis master.

After completing this course, you will be able to

• Recognize which patients are at risk of developing endocarditis.
• Recognize the clinical picture.
• Name the most common organisms involved.
• Identify the causative agent in blood cultures.
• Identify when to obtain blood cultures and how to interpret the results.
• Diagnose endocarditis on echo.
• Summarize the hemodynamic factors involved in the development of endocarditis.
• Explain the concept of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE).
• Describe how NBTE leads to infective endocarditis.
• List the major risk factors.
• Diagnose endocarditis using echocardiography.
• Describe when to perform TEE versus TTE.
• Recognize the range of appearances of endocarditis on echo.
• Identify complications of endocarditis on echo.
• Predict embolization risk using echocardiography.

CHAPTER 1: Pathophysiology

This chapter will familiarize or re-familiarize learners with a summary of how microbes are able to colonize and infect endocardial surfaces.

• Pathophysiology intro
• Introducing infective endocarditis
• Exploring the stages of endocarditis
• Evaluating symptoms of infective endocarditis
• Reviewing systemic complications
• Diagnosing infective endocarditis
• Pathophysiology quiz

CHAPTER 2: Echocardiography

In this chapter, we will cover the identifying features of endocarditis on echocardiography and how to assess for risk of embolization.

• Echocardiography intro
• Assessing endocarditis with echocardiography
• Using echocardiography appropriately
• Choosing the type of echocardiography
• Recognizing endocarditis on native valves
• Imaging endocarditis on prosthetic valves
• Detecting endocarditis on implanted devices
• Identifying complications on echocardiography
• Predicting embolization risk
• Echocardiography quiz

CHAPTER 3: Treatment

Here, we will compare and contrast the most recent published guidelines for treatment and prevention with a panel of experts from Europe and America.

• Treatment intro
• Using prophylactic treatment
• Approaching empirical antibiotic treatment
• Implementing empirical antibiotic treatment
• Treating staphylococcal endocarditis
• Treating other specific microorganisms
• Considering oral step-down therapy
• Choosing surgery
• Treatment quiz
• Endocarditis Masterclass outro

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