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Mitral Valve Infective Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

IE & HIV & CD4<100 - Oh My!! Time for
Mitral Valve Infective ... Endocarditis on ... POCUS Echocardiogram ... daptomycin, pip/tazo and ... #clinical #a4c
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

This patient underwent septal myectomy and MV replacement

- Abhilash Koratala MD
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... septal myectomy and ... #Valve #Endocarditis ... clinical #cardiology #A4C
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Cardiac Views and ... View • PSAX: Mitral ... Valve (MV) Level ... SSN: Color Flow Doppler ... #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Pt had mitral valve ... that extends up and ... clinical #cardiology #a4c
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Primary and Secondary ... endocarditis, Myxomatous ... • Prosthetic valve ... annulus valve: ... Regurgitation #differential
Mitral Regurgitation on Echocardiogram (A4C)

Actually both systolic and diastolic MR seen. Published it as “Continuously Regurgitating
on Echocardiogram ... (A4C) Actually ... Valve” Dr. ... clinical #cardiology #a4c ... #color #doppler
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
Clips 1 and 2 demonstrate ... a mobile mitral ... applying color Doppler ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Infective
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Decreased Production:
 - Drugs (chemo, yang, sulfa, acetaminophen, NSAIDs, quinine,
quinine, etc) - Viral ... Nutritional: B12, copper ... infiltration: malignancy, infection ... - Mechanical: valve ... replacement, endocarditis
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... Whipple's disease Infective ... endocarditis (vegetations ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... Causes #diagnosis #differential
Chiari Network on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Chiari network - fenestrated, net-like embryonic remnants of valves of
- A4C Chiari network ... embryonic remnants of valves ... relation to the IVC and ... associated with infective ... endocarditis, arrhythmias