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Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... #POCUS give you ... #MitralValve #Endocarditis ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #plax
Negative contrast effect = a washout of the contrast (agitated saline) in the right atrium in
Negative contrast effect ... saline) in the right ... #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
- Differential ... Small secundum ASD ... #Diagnosis #cardiology ... echocardiogram #s4c ... #pocus #bubble
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

Patient with active IVDU presents with fever, sepsis.  More likely
Tricuspid Valve ... Endocarditis on ... Right-sided lesions ... #clinical #cardiology ... #s4c
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... • Left sided > Right ... Substance use: R > L Tricuspid ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Double Orifice Mitral Valve in a young M w/ chest pain. Rare congenital anomaly of subvalvular
sinus venosus ASD ... DoubleOrifice #MitralValve ... #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #pocus ... #PSAX
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential ... • Left sided > Right ... substance use: R > L Tricuspid ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber View

RCM is a disease of diastole —> severe
atrial septum might ... big you would expect ... Echocardiogram #clinical #pocus ... echocardiogram #cardiology ... #a4c