chronic endocarditis

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Etymology: Gk, chronos, time, endon, within, kardia, heart, itis, inflammation

persistent inflammation of the endocardium that usually follows an attack of acute endocarditis, syphilis, or an atheroma. It frequently involves the cardiac valves, making them incompetent. Also called valvular endocarditis.

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valvular endocarditis			A diagnosis of chronic endocarditis was made when a patient had an IgG phase I titer [greater than or equal to] 1:800 (20). Bacterial zoonoses and infective endocarditis, Algeria by Raoult, Didier / Emerging Infectious Diseases We defined cause of death as "cardiac" if the ICD-5 codes for either cause included pericarditis (090), acute endocarditis (091), chronic endocarditis (092), myocardial disease (093), coronary artery diseases (094), and other disease of the heart (095). Mass smallpox vaccination and cardiac deaths, New York City, 1947 by Frieden, Thomas R. / Emerging Infectious Diseases			chronic airflow limitation chronic airway obstruction chronic alcoholic delirium chronic alcoholism chronic anterior poliomyelitis chronic appendicitis chronic atrophic pyelonephritis chronic atrophic thyroiditis chronic bacterial prostatitis chronic bilateral obstructive uropathy chronic bronchitis chronic calcific pancreatitis chronic candidiasis chronic care chronic carrier chronic cervicitis chronic cholecystitis chronic chorea chronic cough chronic cystic mastitis chronic delirium chronic desquamative gingivitis chronic dieting syndrome chronic disease chronic endoarteritis chronic endocarditis chronic eosinophilic pneumonia chronic erosive gastritis Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome chronic familial jaundice chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome chronic fatigue syndrome chronic gastritis chronic glaucoma chronic glomerulonephritis chronic gout chronic granulocytic leukemia chronic granulomatous disease chronic hepatitis chronic hyperplastic rhinitis chronic hyperplastic sinusitis chronic hypertrophic emphysema chronic hypertrophic rhinitis chronic hypoxia chronic idiopathic diarrhea chronic idiopathic jaundice chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura chronic idiopathic xanthomatosis chronic illness chronic inflammation chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy			Chronic Disease Prevention Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Research Center Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Chronic Disease Prevention and Management Chronic Disease Research Foundation Chronic Disease Research Group Chronic Disease Self-Management Course Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Chronic Disease, Injury and Environmental Epidemiology Chronic Diseases In Canada Chronic Disorders of Duodenal Patency Chronic Dry Eye Chronic Dry Eye Disease Chronic Duodenal Patency Impairments Chronic Dysimmune Demyelinating Polyneuropathy Chronic dyspepsia Chronic dyspepsia Chronic dyspepsia Chronic dyspepsia chronic eczema Chronic Encapsulated Intracerebral Hematoma Chronic End-Stage Liver Disease chronic endemic dental fluorosis chronic endemic dental fluorosis chronic endemic dental fluorosis chronic endemic fluorosis chronic endemic fluorosis chronic endemic fluorosis chronic endoarteritis chronic endocarditis Chronic Environmental Deficiencies chronic eosinophilic pneumonia Chronic Epstein Barr-Virus Syndrome Chronic Epstein-Barr Virus Chronic Epstein-Barr Virus Infection chronic equine pharyngitis chronic equine pharyngitis chronic equine pharyngitis chronic erosive gastritis chronic exertional compartment syndrome chronic exertional compartment syndrome Chronic Experiment Chronic Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis chronic exposure chronic exposure chronic exposure chronic exposure chronic exposure chronic familial jaundice Chronic fatigue Chronic fatigue Chronic fatigue Chronic fatigue chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association of America chronic fatigue and immunodeficiency syndrome chronic fatigue and immunodeficiency syndrome chronic fatigue and immunodeficiency syndrome chronic fatigue and immunodeficiency syndrome Chronic Fatigue and Work Adaptation

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