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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Views and Windows ... Long-Axis View (PLAX ... -Chamber View (A4C ... : Mitral Valve ( ... #TTE #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 ... 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
24 yo M sent from clinic to ED for + blood cultures. POCUS shows aortic valve
shows aortic valve vegetation ... aortic dilation, and ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #PLAX ... #Endocarditis #
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 #
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
Marantic Endocarditis 

Epidemiology:
 - Incidence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis if associated with cancer) is
revealed 19% had cardiac ... valvular vegetations ... on mitral and aortic ... Vegetations mostly ... #Diagnosis #Management
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation ... prosthetic valve, PFO, ASD ... , h/o of cardiac ... surgery, endocarditis ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis
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
Lambls Excrescences on Echocardiogram
An incidental finding in a young patient with polyneuritis - there is a
Excrescences on Echocardiogram ... independent of cardiac ... motion making the vegetation ... #Excrescences #psax ... #a4c #Echocardiogram