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Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
in Endocarditis ... on POCUS - PLAX ... #Endocarditis # ... POCUS #PLAX #clinical ... #cardiology
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Echocardiogram (PLAX ... 15 mm) isolated aortic ... #endocarditis # ... Mitral #Valve #plax ... #pocus
Echocardiogram and POCUS Cardiology Windows and Anatomy
 • Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
 • Subcostal 4 Chamber
Echocardiogram and POCUS ... and Anatomy • ... Parasternal Long ... Axis (PLAX) • ... - Level of the Aortic
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated aortic
15 mm) isolated aortic ... #endocarditis # ... Mitral #Valve #psax ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
- Table of Cardiac ... View (PLAX) • ... Long Axis • PSAX ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Cardiac
24 yo M sent from clinic to ED for + blood cultures. POCUS shows aortic valve
POCUS shows aortic ... Echocardiogram #Cardiac ... #PLAX #AorticValve ... #Aorta #Vegetation ... #Endocarditis #
Aortic and Mitral Valve Regurgitaton on Parasternal long axis (PLAX)

Parasternal long axis (PLAX) is part of
Aortic and Mitral ... Parasternal long ... of your basic cardiac ... POCUS eval. ... #clinical #cardiology
Aortic Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
50 yo female presents with fever & flu-like symptoms.
Aortic Valve Endocarditis ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... (PLAX) 50 yo female ... valve vegetation ... Endocarditis #POCUS
Apical 3-Chamber (A3C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

The apical 3-chamber has essentially the
Regional Wall Anatomy ... the parasternal long ... you can see the aortic ... infero-lateral (As seen in PLAX ... #clinical #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... CA • Involves aortic ... formation • Other vegetations ... block, annular or aortic ... -mm left sided vegetations