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Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

This patient underwent septal myectomy and MV replacement

- Abhilash Koratala MD
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... patient underwent septal ... myectomy and MV ... #Vegetations #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram
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 ... hits the septum ... clinical #cardiology #a4c
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 ... mitral annular ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #a4c #pocus #clinical
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
failure • Altered mental ... Clips 1 and 2 demonstrate ... a mobile mitral ... secondary to endocarditis ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
mitral regurgitation ... Glomerulonephritis Septic ... formation • Other vegetations ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... -mm left sided vegetations
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
mitral regurgitation ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... tumor embolism Septic ... formation • Other vegetations ... -mm left sided vegetations
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
- Differential Diagnosis ... 1. ... Small secundum ASD ... cardiology #clinical #echocardiogram ... #s4c #pocus #bubble
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
1. ... Early transit of bubbles ... >LAP as atrial septum ... stretched PFO or ASD ... clinical #pocus #a4c