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Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Aortic and Mitral ... & mitral valves ... #Mitral #Valve ... #POCUS #PLAX #clinical ... #cardiology
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated aortic
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... 15 mm) isolated aortic ... #Mitral #Valve ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... 15 mm) isolated aortic ... #Mitral #Valve ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Valve (AV) Level ... View • PSAX: Mitral ... Valve (MV) Level ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Aortic Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
50 yo female presents with fever & flu-like symptoms.
Aortic Valve Endocarditis ... #aorta #Valve # ... Endocarditis #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #PLAX #clinical ... #ultrasound #cardiology
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

Patient with active IVDU presents with fever, sepsis.

Dr. Robert Jones @RJonesSonoEM

#MitralValve
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... presents with fever ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Aortic aneurysm (aaa) measuring 6 cm wide with mural thrombus (asterisks) #Clinical #Diagnosis #EM #Radiology #Vasc
Aortic aneurysm ... 6 cm wide with mural ... thrombus (asterisks) #Clinical ... #Vasc #POCUS #AAA ... MuralThrombus #Transverse #ALiEM
Parasternal Long Axis view with measurement. Note the right ventricle (RV), interventricular septum (S), left ventricle
(LA), anterior mitral ... valve leaflet ( ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Parasternal ... LongAxis #PSLA #ALiEM
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
(PSAX) at the level ... of the Aortic Valve ... echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #POCUS ... #labeled #anatomy
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
CA • Involves aortic ... and mitral regurgitation ... night sweats, fever ... lesions • Mycotic aneurysm ... #management #cardiology