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Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis - POCUS Echocardiogram

Apical 4-chamber view, a mobile echogenic mass is seen
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... - POCUS Echocardiogram ... #Vegetations #Endocarditis ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #a4c
Mitral Valve Vegetation on Echocardiogram

Since people liked yesterday's MV vegetation, & IE was a hot topic
Mitral Valve Vegetation ... today, raiding the ... #Endocarditis # ... Infective #Clinical ... #Valve
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Here you see a vegetation ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #a4c
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
for metastatic infection ... consultation • Valve ... growth or worsening valve ... • Aggressive management ... metastatic foci of infection
Tricuspid regurgitation is present on this subxiphoid view of a patient diagnosed with endocarditis. If you
the vegetation ... valve motion. ... #Endocarditis #Vegetation ... cardiology #clinical #echocardiogram ... ultrasound #POCUS #S4C
Tricuspid valve endocarditis on Echocardiogram
The anterior leaflet is affected.  When in doubt and 3D is
endocarditis on ... Echocardiogram ... When in doubt and 3D ... #endocarditis # ... cardiology #pocus #a4c
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
secondary to endocarditis ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Infective ... #Endocarditis # ... MitralValve #Vegetation
Figure. An approach to the diagnostic use of echocardiography (echo). Rx indicates prescription; TEE, transesophageal
echocardiography; and
other stigmata of infective ... endocarditis (IE ... prosthetic heart valves ... large or mobile vegetations ... Transesophageal #Echocardiogram
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on POCUS

This is the bedside Echo of a critically ill young lady who
Tricuspid Valve ... Endocarditis on ... tricuspid valve ... are infective vegetations ... POCUS #Clinical #Echocardiogram
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Septic Emboli Cause Injury ... formation • Other vegetations ... ↑ Suspicion -> TEE ... -mm left sided vegetations ... #management #cardiology