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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 ... #Vegetations #Endocarditis ... #POCUS #PLAX #clinical ... #cardiology
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

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

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... or mitral vegetations ... #endocarditis # ... Mitral #Valve #plax ... #cardiology #pocus
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
• SC Abdominal Aorta ... View • PSAX: Mitral ... #Orientations #Atlas ... #Map #Comparison ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Aortic Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
50 yo female presents with fever & flu-like symptoms.
Aortic Valve Endocarditis ... valve vegetation ... #aorta #Valve # ... Endocarditis #POCUS ... #ultrasound #cardiology
Parasternal Long Axis view with measurement. Note the right ventricle (RV), interventricular septum (S), left ventricle
(LA), anterior mitral ... *), and aorta (Ao ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Parasternal ... LongAxis #PSLA #ALiEM
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
CA • Involves aortic ... and mitral regurgitation ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS ... occlusion that may ... #management #cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Ovarian CA, involves aortic ... and mitral regurgitation ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS ... occlusion that may ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Lambls Excrescences on Echocardiogram
An incidental finding in a young patient with polyneuritis - there is a
There is MVP. ... independent of cardiac ... motion making the vegetation ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus