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Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... Here you see a vegetation ... that extends up and ... clinical #cardiology #a4c ... #plax
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

This patient underwent septal myectomy and MV replacement

- Abhilash Koratala MD
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... septal myectomy and ... #Vegetations #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #A4C
Complex mitral valve endocarditis with pericardial effusion, myocardial abscess, and reduced LV systolic function - Echocardiogram
Complex mitral valve ... endocarditis with ... pericardial effusion ... myocardial abscess, and ... (PLAX) Detailed
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 ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Infective ... #Endocarditis #
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... Commissural fusion ... disease Infective endocarditis ... (vegetations)/tumor ... stenosis #Causes #diagnosis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
mitral regurgitation ... formation • Other vegetations ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... Diagnosis? ... -mm left sided vegetations
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Pericarditis on Echocardiogram ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... , (B) a septal mitral ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #a4c #pocus #clinical
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Diagnosis Framework ... mitral regurgitation ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... formation • Other vegetations ... -mm left sided vegetations
Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram in Slow Motion (PLAX)
EchoProTip: Does this patient has a potentially hemodynamically compromising
in Slow Motion (PLAX ... pause the video and ... the RV when the mitral ... Clinical diagnosis ... #PLAX