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Mitral Valve Infective Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

IE & HIV & CD4<100 - Oh My!! Time for
Mitral Valve Infective ... Endocarditis on ... daptomycin, pip/tazo and ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #a4c #cardiology
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Primary and Secondary ... endocarditis, Myxomatous ... • Prosthetic valve ... Mitral annulus valve ... #differential #
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
- Differential ... Endocarditis, Acute ... Prosthetic Valve ... : Infective Endocarditis ... Aortic Aneurysms and
Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram (A4C)

"Frozen" tricuspid valve with severe regurgitation. Carcinoid heart disease: Thickening, retraction
Echocardiogram (A4C ... with severe regurgitation ... Thickening, retraction and ... #regurgitation ... #clinical #cardiology
Non-Infective Endocarditis (NBTE / Marantic Endocarditis)
Non-infective endocarditis is also known as: Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), Aseptic
Non-Infective Endocarditis ... the surface of valve ... left-sided heart valves ... absent How can we differentiate ... high index of clinical
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... mitral regurgitation ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... Marantic: Emboli > Regurgitation
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... sclerosis (both heart valve ... Heart Failure • Infective ... Endocarditis ... Pulse #Pressure #Differential
Right Sided Failure secondary to Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram
Carcinoid heart disease results in characteristic right
immobile anterior and ... septal tricuspid valve ... torrential tricuspid regurgitation ... #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #pocus #a4c
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
mitral stenosis - Infective ... /marantic endocarditis ... parachute mitral valve ... vascular disease, carcinoid ... Primary #Functional #Differential
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Endocarditis (BCNIE ... antimicrobials, clinical ... ) of explanted valve ... #Endocarditis # ... diagnosis #differential