6 results
24 yo M sent from clinic to ED for + blood cultures. POCUS shows aortic valve
POCUS shows aortic valve ... vegetation. ... Echocardiogram #Cardiac ... #PLAX #AorticValve ... #Aorta #Vegetation
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
abdomen & pelvis CT ... demonstrate a mobile mitral ... with a vegetation ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #MitralValve #Vegetation
Lambls Excrescences on Echocardiogram
An incidental finding in a young patient with polyneuritis - there is a
Lambls Excrescences ... independent of cardiac ... motion making the vegetation ... #psax #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... Involves aortic and mitral ... formation • Other vegetations ... Fibroelastoma • Lambl’s excrescences ... -mm left sided vegetations
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
• Prosthetic valve ... involves aortic and mitral ... Fibroelastoma • Lamb’s excrescences ... formation • Other vegetations ... -mm left sided vegetations
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Short-Axis View (PSAX ... considered (principally vegetation ... MRI, CT TAP are ... all of some value ... #clinical #cardiology