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===Gross=== | ===Gross=== | ||
Location | *Location - left-sided involvement (mitral, aortic) more common than right-sided involvement (pulmonic, tricuspid). | ||
**This is reversed in IV drug users.<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_298>{{Ref PCPBoD8|298}}</ref><ref name=pmid16401952>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mathura | first1 = KC. | last2 = Thapa | first2 = N. | last3 = Rauniyar | first3 = A. | last4 = Magar | first4 = A. | last5 = Gurubacharya | first5 = DL. | last6 = Karki | first6 = DB. | title = Injection drug use and tricuspid valve endocarditis. | journal = Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ) | volume = 3 | issue = 1 | pages = 84-6 | month = | year = | doi = | PMID = 16401952 }}</ref> | **This is reversed in IV drug users.<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_298>{{Ref PCPBoD8|298}}</ref><ref name=pmid16401952>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mathura | first1 = KC. | last2 = Thapa | first2 = N. | last3 = Rauniyar | first3 = A. | last4 = Magar | first4 = A. | last5 = Gurubacharya | first5 = DL. | last6 = Karki | first6 = DB. | title = Injection drug use and tricuspid valve endocarditis. | journal = Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ) | volume = 3 | issue = 1 | pages = 84-6 | month = | year = | doi = | PMID = 16401952 }}</ref> | ||
*+/-Valvular destruction. | *+/-Valvular destruction. | ||
**More common in acute IE. | **More common in acute IE. | ||
*+/-Distant emboli. | |||
**More common in acute IE. | |||
*+/-Valvular vegetations. | |||
**Irregular ball of loosely adherent tissue - dull, irregular surface. | |||
**On the ventricular aspect in aortic valve IE. | |||
**Larger in acute IE. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||