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Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on Echocardiogram (a4c)

TV endocarditis in a patient with small, restrictive VSD

Ivan Stankovic, MD,
Tricuspid Valve ... a4c) TV endocarditis ... #Valve #Endocarditis ... #vegetation #a4c ... #vsd #Echocardiogram
Tricuspid valve endocarditis on Echocardiogram
The anterior leaflet is affected.  When in doubt and 3D is
Tricuspid valve ... endocarditis on ... Echocardiogram ... #valve #endocarditis ... cardiology #pocus #a4c
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
on Echocardiogram ... (a4c) It belongs ... Mitral valve doesn ... ASD with R/L shunting ... #a4c #Echocardiogram
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... Substance use: R > L Tricuspid
Right Sided Failure secondary to Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram
Carcinoid heart disease results in characteristic right
Heart Disease on Echocardiogram ... In this case, note ... septal tricuspid ... valve leaflets ... #pocus #a4c
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Commissural fusion ... disease Infective endocarditis ... vegetations)/tumor (left atrial ... myxoma)/ball valve ... #diagnosis #differential
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram

Ebstein anomaly. The tricuspid valve is ALWAYS more apically displaced than the mitral
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram ... The tricuspid valve ... commonest congenital cause ... with an atrial ... #cardiology #a4c
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber View

RCM is a disease of diastole —> severe
Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram ... Though this case ... might look like asd ... An ASD with atria ... #cardiology #a4c
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Effect in Right Atrium ... - Differential ... Small secundum ASD ... cardiology #clinical #echocardiogram ... #s4c #pocus #bubble
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
sclerosis (both heart valve ... of developing atrial ... mmHg developed atrial ... • Infective Endocarditis ... Regurgitation) • Tricuspid