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Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis - POCUS Echocardiogram

Apical 4-chamber view, a mobile echogenic mass is seen
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... seen attached to the ... in & out of the ... TTE is 84% sensitive ... #Vegetations #Endocarditis
Mitral Valve Vegetation on Echocardiogram

Since people liked yesterday's MV vegetation, & IE was a hot topic
Mitral Valve Vegetation ... on Echocardiogram ... today, raiding the ... #Endocarditis # ... #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 ... #MitralValve #Endocarditis ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Tricuspid regurgitation is present on this subxiphoid view of a patient diagnosed with endocarditis. If you
view of a patient diagnosed ... the vegetation ... independently from the ... #Endocarditis #Vegetation ... #ultrasound #POCUS
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Echocardiography (TTE ... +/- TEE) • Chest ... Farkas @PulmCrit - The ... #criticalcare #diagnosis ... #management
Non-Infective Endocarditis (NBTE / Marantic Endocarditis)
Non-infective endocarditis is also known as: Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), Aseptic
and platelets on the ... surface of valve ... leaflet • Vegetations ... left-sided heart valves ... non-infective vegetation
Figure. An approach to the diagnostic use of echocardiography (echo). Rx indicates prescription; TEE, transesophageal
echocardiography; and
prescription; TEE ... prosthetic heart valves ... large or mobile vegetations ... Transesophageal #Echocardiogram ... #TTE #TEE #Algorithm
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
What's the Dx? ... The classic finding ... mass, usually on the ... upstream side of the ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on POCUS

This is the bedside Echo of a critically ill young lady who
Tricuspid Valve ... Endocarditis on ... tricuspid valve ... POCUS #Clinical #Echocardiogram ... #Ultrasound #Vegetation
Tricuspid valve endocarditis on Echocardiogram
The anterior leaflet is affected.  When in doubt and 3D is
endocarditis on ... Echocardiogram ... The anterior leaflet ... When in doubt and 3D ... the leaflet.