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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 ... RiskFactors #Cardiology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Aortic and Mitral ... in Endocarditis ... & mitral valves ... #Mitral #Valve ... #cardiology
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated aortic
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... 15 mm) isolated aortic ... #Vegetations #endocarditis ... #Mitral #Valve ... #pocus
Mitral Valve Infective Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

IE & HIV & CD4<100 - Oh My!! Time for
Mitral Valve Infective ... Endocarditis on ... POCUS Echocardiogram ... #Endocarditis # ... clinical #a4c #cardiology
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... 15 mm) isolated aortic ... #Vegetations #endocarditis ... #Mitral #Valve ... #pocus
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Regurgitation - Differential ... Endocarditis, Acute ... Prosthetic Valve ... : Infective Endocarditis ... Regurgitation #Differential
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
endocarditis, Myxomatous ... • Prosthetic valve ... annulus valve: ... Regurgitation #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
failure • Altered mental ... demonstrate a mobile mitral ... #Clinical #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #PLAX #Infective ... #Endocarditis #
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
catheter • Recent dental ... CA • Involves aortic ... and mitral regurgitation ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... block, annular or aortic
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Whipple's disease Infective ... endocarditis (vegetations ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... Causes #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology