Keeping Up With The Carditises- Heart Inflammation

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Did you know that the average human heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping 2,000 gallons of blood?

Now, imagine if this vital pump was under threat from, pericarditis, myocarditis, or endocarditis and couldn’t pump effectively.

In this episode we will look at the importance of understanding carditis and an easy way that I used in nursing school to remember the area affected by each type; then, run through a quick scenario at the end to apply what we have learned.