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Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Aortic and Mitral ... Valve Vegetations ... mitral valves and ... #Mitral #Valve ... #POCUS #PLAX #clinical
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated aortic
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... 15 mm) isolated aortic ... or mitral vegetations ... #Valve #psax #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... 15 mm) isolated aortic ... or mitral vegetations ... #Valve #plax #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Mitral Valve Vegetation Echocardiogram
Juicy vegetation on a mitral valve.

31% S. Aureus (IVDUs, IV lines)
17% Strep viridans
11%
Mitral Valve Vegetation ... on a mitral valve ... @MedCrisis #Mitral ... #Infective #Clinical ... Echocardiogram #Valve
Mitral Valve Vegetation on Echocardiogram

Since people liked yesterday's MV vegetation, & IE was a hot topic
Mitral Valve Vegetation ... yesterday's MV vegetation ... @MedCrisis #Mitral ... #Infective #Clinical ... Echocardiogram #Valve
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
Differentiating NBTE from Infective ... high index of clinical ... false-negative results: vegetation ... already embolised, Vegetations ... dysfunction common, Aortic
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
demonstrate a mobile mitral ... with a vegetation ... #Clinical #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #PLAX #Infective ... #MitralValve #Vegetation
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
heart failure • Mitral ... valve prolapse ... disease (e.g., aortic ... brain flow (VT/Vfib ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
result with no clinical ... developing active infection ... • Recent viral ... positive predictive value ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Starr-Edwards Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacements on Fluoroscopy
This is a cardiac cath on a patient with
Starr-Edwards Aortic ... and Mitral Valve ... was a simple yet effective ... #Mitral #Valve ... #Fluoroscopy #clinical