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Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
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- Prosthetic valves ... - Aortic valve ... disease - Mitral regurgitation ... Coarctation of the aorta ... #RiskFactors #Cardiology
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Acute Infective Endocarditis ... Acute Prosthetic Valve ... Valvuoplasty • Aorta ... Infection: Infective Endocarditis ... Dysfunction Chronic - Aorta
Cardiac CTA showing Aortic Valve Endocarditis
Thickening of all the leaflets.

Dr. Daniel Lorenzatti @danilorenzatti

#Endocarditis #AorticValve #Aorta #Clinical
showing Aortic Valve ... Endocarditis Thickening ... danilorenzatti #Endocarditis ... #AorticValve #Aorta ... #Clinical #Radiology
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
fever, Infective endocarditis ... fever, Infective endocarditis ... • Prosthetic valve ... Mitral annulus valve ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Quadricuspid Aortic Valve on Cardiac MRI with Severe Aortic Regurgitation
54 yo/ severe aortic regurgitation.  CMR
Quadricuspid Aortic Valve ... quadricuspid aortic valve ... #AorticValve #Aorta ... #Regurgitation ... CardiacMRI #clinical #cardiology
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... consultation • Valve ... regurgitation or ... block (+/- daily EKG ... growth or worsening valve
ASE Echocardiography Evaluation of Aortic Regurgitation
A. Color Flow Doppler
B. Pulsed Wave Doppler
C. Continuous Wave Doppler
D. Quantitative
Evaluation of Aortic Regurgitation ... Doppler #Aortic #Regurgitation ... Echocardiogram #diagnosis #cardiology ... #POCUS #Valve # ... aorta
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... aortic and mitral regurgitation ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... Marantic: Emboli > Regurgitation ... #management #cardiology
Aortic valve endocarditis on Echocardiogram

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#Aortic #valve #endocarditis #aorta #Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology #pocus
Aortic valve endocarditis ... Ivan_Echocardio #Aortic #valve ... #endocarditis # ... aorta #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Aortic valve prolapse with significant regurgitation on Echocardiogram

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#Aortic #Valve #aorta #prolapse #regurgitation
Aortic valve prolapse ... with significant regurgitation ... #aorta #prolapse ... #regurgitation ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology