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Mitral Valve Vegetation Echocardiogram
Juicy vegetation on a mitral valve.

31% S. Aureus (IVDUs, IV lines)
17% Strep viridans
11%
Mitral Valve Vegetation ... Echocardiogram Juicy vegetation ... on a mitral valve ... #Vegetation #Endocarditis ... #Infective #Clinical
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 ... #Vegetation #Endocarditis ... #Infective #Clinical
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
for metastatic infection ... consultation • Valve ... Myocardial abscess • Vegetation ... cultures • Large vegetation ... repeat echo (to r/o vegetation
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
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on POCUS

This is the bedside Echo of a critically ill young lady who
are infective vegetations ... that left-sided vegetations ... and right-sided vegetations ... Echocardiogram #Ultrasound ... #Vegetation
Marantic Endocarditis 

Epidemiology:
 - Incidence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis if associated with cancer) is
cardiac valvular vegetations ... Clinical Findings ... irregularly shaped vegetations ... on mitral and aortic ... Vegetations mostly