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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
Non-Infective Endocarditis (NBTE / Marantic Endocarditis)
Non-infective endocarditis is also known as: Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), Aseptic
the surface of valve ... leaflet • Vegetations ... left-sided heart valves ... inflammation at vegetation ... vegetation on echo
Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis - POCUS Echocardiogram

Apical 4-chamber view, a mobile echogenic mass is seen
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... valve flopping ... on size of the vegetation ... sensitive for vegetations ... #Valve #Vegetations
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
Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Aortic and Mitral ... Valve Vegetations ... you see large vegetations ... valves and pulmonary ... #Valve #Vegetations
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated aortic
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... vegetations to ... Ivan_Echocardio #Vegetations ... #endocarditis #Mitral ... #Valve #psax #Echocardiogram
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... vegetations to ... Ivan_Echocardio #Vegetations ... #endocarditis #Mitral ... #Valve #plax #Echocardiogram
Non-Infective Endocarditis - Pathophysiology
Non-infective Endocarditis Pathophysiology:
 • Valves usually undamaged - Etiology poorly understood but thought
Non-Infective Endocarditis ... Pathophysiology Non-infective ... failure is rare Infective ... and propagate → Vegetation ... Endocarditis #NBTE #Marantic
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
Differentiating NBTE from Infective ... false-negative results: vegetation ... already embolised, Vegetations ... infarcts Features of Infective ... #NBTE #Marantic
Marantic Endocarditis 

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