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| Atherosclerosis is the most common cause; severe anemia, aortic stenosis and hyperthyroidism may rarely be associated with |
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| Activation of HHV 3-varicella-zoster virus lying dormant in the Dorsal Root Ganglion; may be associated with immunosuppression: cancer, AIDS |
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Some are associated with Marfan’s syndrome [though the most common heart defect in Marfan’s is aortic incompetence] and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Most common valvular heart lesion
Seen more often in young women |
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| Plaque disruption or thrombus in the coronary artery [usually LAD artery] |
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| Viral infection mainly; may follow myocardial infarction or kidney failure |
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Bacterial [Strep. pneumoniae]
Viral [Respiratory Syncitial Virus]
Fungal Pneumocystis carinii [jirovecii] infection
Chemically-induced inflammation |
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| Associated with prolonged immobilization [> 3days], post-operative, trauma to the lower limb or pelvis, birth control pills, pregnancy, recent travel [within the last 2 weeks and lasting more than 4 hours], smoking |
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| Unknown; might have a history of previous trauma; more common in females |
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| Unknown; may have a history of repetitive micro-trauma |
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection; increased incidence in diabetic and immune-suppressed patients; seen more often in immigrants from the West Indies, Central and South America and Asia; droplet [aerosol] spread
The commonest extra-pulmonary location is in the spine |
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| Unknown; genetic predisposition associated with an accessory pathway called the Kent bundle |
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| WOLF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME |
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Affects mainly women aged 20-50 years |
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