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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 ... aortic & mitral ... valves and pulmonary ... #Mitral #Valve
Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
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- Prosthetic valves ... - Aortic valve ... disease - Mitral ... Coarctation of the ... right heart catheters
Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
Parasternal Short Axis ... Windows: Aortic ... Valve, Mitral Valve ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... Views #Clinical #Cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
: Aortic Valve ( ... View • PSAX: Mitral ... Valve (MV) Level ... #Cardiac #TTE # ... Echocardiogram #Heart
Summary table of heart murmurs associated with mitral and aortic valve diseases as well as their
Summary table of heart ... associated with mitral ... and aortic valve ... well as their signs ... #cardiology #comparison
Parasternal Short axis, fan proximal and look for Aortic Valve in a plane shows all three
Parasternal Short axis ... Valve in a plane ... leaflets coining the ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #Clinical #cardiology
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
., Mitral valve ... (MV), Aortic valve ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views ... #TTE #orientations
Parasternal Long Axis view with measurement. Note the right ventricle (RV), interventricular septum (S), left ventricle
Parasternal Long Axis ... (LA), anterior mitral ... valve leaflet ( ... aortic valve and ... heart.
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
of the Aortic Valve ... helps assess for aortic ... acuity of right heart ... echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #POCUS #labeled
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... and mitral regurgitation ... Influenza Prosthetic Valve ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... aureus prosthetic valve