At the end of this lecture student should be able to:

• Define endocarditis
• Describe the spectrum of infective endocarditis
• List the clinical features of infective endocarditis and explain the underlying pathophysiological basis of these features.
• List and briefly describe the other types of endocarditis - Non bacterial thrombotic endocarditis, Libmann Sacks endocarditis, Carcinoid heart disease
• Differentiate between each of these types of endocarditis.
• Describe endocarditis occurring in special situations – drug addicts, elderly and in prosthetic valves