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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 ... Influenza Prosthetic Valve ... cause + Systemic anticoagulation ... aureus prosthetic valve
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
• Prosthetic valve ... involves aortic and mitral ... • Prosthetic Valve ... cause + Systemic anticoagulation ... aureus prosthetic valve
Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Aortic and Mitral ... Valve Vegetations ... in Endocarditis ... valves and pulmonary ... #Endocarditis #
Mitral valve endocarditis complicated by an abscess - Echocardiogram

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @ https://twitter.com/Ivan_Echocardio

#MitralValve #Mitral #Valve
Mitral valve endocarditis ... #MitralValve #Mitral ... #Valve #endocarditis
Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Prosthetic Heart Valves - INR Targets
Mechanical Valve - Duration Lifelong
INR 3.0:
INR 3.0: • Any mitral ... valve prosthesis ... • Aortic valve ... months • Aortic or Mitral ... Targets #Goals #anticoagulation
Mitral Valve Vegetation Echocardiogram
Juicy vegetation on a mitral valve.

31% S. Aureus (IVDUs, IV lines)
17% Strep viridans
11%
Mitral Valve Vegetation ... vegetation on a mitral ... valve. 31% S. ... @MedCrisis #Mitral ... #Vegetation #Endocarditis
Prosthetic Mitral Valve Endocarditis - No bueno!

- Dr. Said Alsidawi @AlsidawiMD

#Prosthetic #MitralValve #Endocarditis #Echocardiogram #POCUS #Clinical
Prosthetic Mitral ... Valve Endocarditis ... #MitralValve #Endocarditis
Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
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for Infective Endocarditis ... - Prosthetic valves ... - Aortic valve ... disease - Mitral ... #Infective #Endocarditis
Summary of Anticoagulation / Antiplatelet therapy for mechanical valves.

- Dr. Joseph Shatzel
@Clotmaster

#Pharmacology #Prosthetic #Valve #Anticoagulation #Bioprosthetic
Summary of Anticoagulation ... for mechanical valves ... Pharmacology #Prosthetic #Valve ... #Anticoagulation
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated aortic
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... isolated aortic or mitral ... #Vegetations #endocarditis ... #Mitral #Valve