Endocarditis
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endocarditis-183-6228893
title:
Endocarditis
text:
Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, the endocardium. It usually involves the heart valves. Other structures that may be involved include the interventricular septum, the chordae tendineae, the mural endocardium, or the surfaces of intracardiac devices. Endocarditis is characterized by lesions, known as vegetations, which are masses of platelets, fibrin, microcolonies of microorganisms, and scant inflammatory cells. In the subacute form of infective endocarditis, a ve
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encyclopedia
description:
Inflammation of the heart's inner layer (endocardium)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocarditis
date created:
2002-02-11T21:26:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T21:42:00Z
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