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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 ... on the aortic & ... 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 # ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
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
Aortic Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
50 yo female presents with fever & flu-like symptoms.
Aortic Valve Endocarditis ... valve vegetation ... Endocarditis #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #cardiology
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... Here you see a vegetation ... #MitralValve #Endocarditis ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #plax
Apical 3-Chamber (A3C) View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

The apical 3-chamber has essentially the
Wall Anatomy on POCUS ... aortic valve, the ... infero-lateral (As seen in PLAX ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #labeled
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
, SAX, or4C 3) Region ... valve (AV) level ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views ... #TTE #orientations
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
consistent with a vegetation ... secondary to endocarditis ... young patient with fever ... #Clinical #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #PLAX
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
) at the level of ... the Aortic Valve ... helps assess for aortic ... echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #POCUS
Aortic Valve Nodules of Arantius on Echocardiogram

This is a parasternal short axis view at the level
level of the aortic ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #TTE #PSAX #AorticValve ... #Cardiology #Hypertrophy ... #Clinical