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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 ... Juicy vegetation ... on a mitral valve ... #Vegetation #Endocarditis ... #Infective #Clinical
Mitral Valve Vegetation on Echocardiogram

Since people liked yesterday's MV vegetation, & IE was a hot topic
Mitral Valve Vegetation ... yesterday's MV vegetation ... #Vegetation #Endocarditis ... #Infective #Clinical ... #Valve
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
demonstrate a mobile mitral ... with a vegetation ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Infective ... #MitralValve #Vegetation
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... Whipple's disease Infective ... endocarditis (vegetations ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... thrombus - When
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
and Functional Mitral ... stenosis - Infective ... Vegetations seen ... valve - Secondary ... dyssynchrony which may lead
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Involves aortic and mitral ... occlusion that may lead ... formation • Other vegetations ... -mm left sided vegetations ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management