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Chapter-05 Inflammatory Heart Disease

BOOK TITLE: Textbook of Cardiac Nursing

Author
1. George Reena
ISBN
9789386261564
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/14172_6
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2017
Pages
30
Author Affiliations
1. Florence College of Nursing, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Chapter keywords
Inflammatory heart disease, endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis, rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease, pathophysiology, clinical manifestation, diagnostic evaluation

Abstract

Infection and inflammations of heart structures are very common. This can cause certain structural and functional changes in the heart, which can lead to decreased cardiac output and thereby cause poor tissue perfusion. This chapter describes the endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis, rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease along with their incidence, etiology and risk factors, classification, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic evaluation, complications, management, nursing diagnosis and intervention, home care, and prevention. Inflammatory involvement of the endocardium layers of the heart is called endocarditis. Endocarditis includes infection of heart valve and endothelial structure of the heart. It is microbial infection of heart valve. The term myocarditis implies inflammation of heart muscles. Though most heart disease affect myocardial layer of heart myocarditis is a disease, which is very specific to myocardium. Pericardium is a sac that covers support and protects heart.

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