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Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Endocarditis Summary ... Involves aortic and mitral ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... #Endocarditis ... #diagnosis #management
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Heart Disease Pulmonary ... Stenosis Mitral ... Marfan's Disease Mitral ... Fever • Trauma Mitral ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary
Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Aortic and Mitral ... Vegetations in Endocarditis ... on the aortic & mitral ... valves and pulmonary ... #Vegetations #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
Prosthetic Mitral Valve Endocarditis - No bueno!

- Dr. Said Alsidawi @AlsidawiMD

#Prosthetic #MitralValve #Endocarditis #Echocardiogram #POCUS #Clinical
Prosthetic Mitral ... Valve Endocarditis ... #MitralValve #Endocarditis
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Secondary Causes of Mitral ... organic) chronic mitral ... fever, Infective endocarditis ... fever, Infective endocarditis ... leak, Infective endocarditis
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 ... @MedCrisis #Mitral ... #Vegetation #Endocarditis
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
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram (PLAX)

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

IE & HIV & CD4<100 - Oh My!! Time for
Mitral Valve Infective ... Endocarditis on ... MitralValve #Infective #Endocarditis