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Mitral Valve Vegetation Echocardiogram
Juicy vegetation on a mitral valve.

31% S. Aureus (IVDUs, IV lines)
17% Strep viridans
11%
Mitral Valve Vegetation ... on a mitral valve ... #Endocarditis # ... Infective #Clinical ... Echocardiogram #Valve
Non-Infective Endocarditis - Pathophysiology
Non-infective Endocarditis Pathophysiology:
 • Valves usually undamaged - Etiology poorly understood but thought
Non-Infective Endocarditis ... Pathophysiology Non-infective ... : • Valves usually ... failure is rare Infective ... and propagate → Vegetation
Non-Infective Endocarditis (NBTE / Marantic Endocarditis)
Non-infective endocarditis is also known as: Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), Aseptic
Non-Infective Endocarditis ... the surface of valve ... leaflet • Vegetations ... left-sided heart valves ... vegetation on echo
Mitral Valve Vegetation on Echocardiogram

Since people liked yesterday's MV vegetation, & IE was a hot topic
Mitral Valve Vegetation ... yesterday's MV vegetation ... #Endocarditis # ... Infective #Clinical ... Echocardiogram #Valve
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
Differentiating NBTE from Infective ... false-negative results: vegetation ... already embolised, Vegetations ... infarcts Features of Infective ... #comparison #infective
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... for metastatic infection ... consultation • Valve ... growth or worsening valve ... metastatic foci of infection
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on POCUS

This is the bedside Echo of a critically ill young lady who
Tricuspid Valve ... Endocarditis on ... the tricuspid valve ... are infective vegetations ... #Endocarditis #
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
consistent with a vegetation ... secondary to endocarditis ... Echocardiogram #PLAX #Infective ... #Endocarditis # ... MitralValve #Vegetation
Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
Endocarditis - Diagnosis ... typically secondary to infection ... of heart valves ... affects Aortic valve ... bacteria, ECHO w/ vegetation
Figure. An approach to the diagnostic use of echocardiography (echo). Rx indicates prescription; TEE, transesophageal
echocardiography; and
other stigmata of infective ... endocarditis (IE ... prosthetic heart valves ... other stigmata of endocarditis ... large or mobile vegetations