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Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Endocarditis on ... POCUS - PLAX ... on the aortic & ... pulmonary edema in the ... #Vegetations #Endocarditis
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 ... cardiology #a4c #plax
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
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
Aortic Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
50 yo female presents with fever & flu-like symptoms.
Aortic Valve Endocarditis ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... (PLAX) 50 yo female ... vegetation (mobile ... #ultrasound #cardiology
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 ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Infective
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
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Echocardiography (TTE ... +/- TEE) • Chest ... consultation • Valve ... Farkas @PulmCrit - The ... #criticalcare #diagnosis
Figure. An approach to the diagnostic use of echocardiography (echo). Rx indicates prescription; TEE, transesophageal
echocardiography; and
echocardiography; and TTE ... prosthetic heart valves ... large or mobile vegetations ... Transesophageal #Echocardiogram ... #TTE #TEE #Algorithm