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Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... Pt had mitral valve ... Here you see a vegetation ... 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 ... #Valve #Endocarditis ... #Vegetations #POCUS ... clinical #cardiology #A4C
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 regurgitation is present on this subxiphoid view of a patient diagnosed with endocarditis. If you
view of a patient diagnosed ... #Endocarditis #Vegetation ... #Tricuspid #Valve ... cardiology #clinical #echocardiogram ... ultrasound #POCUS #S4C
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 ... with a vegetation ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Infective
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
mitral regurgitation ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... Substance use: R > L Tricuspid ... -mm left sided vegetations ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Commissural fusion ... disease Infective endocarditis ... (vegetations)/tumor ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... stenosis #Causes #diagnosis
Double Orifice Mitral Valve in a young M w/ chest pain. Rare congenital anomaly of subvalvular
Valve in a young ... Ao coarctation, bicuspid ... sinus venosus ASD ... clinical #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #pocus #PSAX
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
mitral regurgitation ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... formation • Other vegetations ... substance use: R > L Tricuspid ... -mm left sided vegetations