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Mitral valve endocarditis complicated by an abscess - Echocardiogram

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @ https://twitter.com/Ivan_Echocardio

#MitralValve #Mitral #Valve
Mitral valve endocarditis ... - Echocardiogram ... #abscess #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #Cardiology #A2C
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Fever in Returning ... , infective endocarditis ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary ... mononucleosis, infective endocarditis
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Pregnancy • Fever ... Heart Disease Pulmonary ... • Rheumatic Fever ... • Rheumatic Fever ... • Rheumatic Fever
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
PCI Stent Coronary Abscess - Infective Pseudoaneurysm on Echocardiogram

PCI Stent Coronary Abscess - Infective Pseudoaneurysm after
Pseudoaneurysm on Echocardiogram ... High grade fever ... Pseudoaneurysm #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #clinical ... #cardiology
Complex mitral valve endocarditis with pericardial effusion, myocardial abscess, and reduced LV systolic function - Echocardiogram
Complex mitral valve ... endocarditis with ... #myocardial #abscess ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Involves aortic and mitral ... night sweats, fever ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Persistent bacteremia/fevers ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
+ Abscess • Sick ... Diptheria • Typhoid fever ... Acute rheumatic fever ... Psittacosis • Q fever ... • Yellow fever
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... View • PSAX: Mitral ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... #TTE #Echocardiogram
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
(PSAX) at the level ... heart strain (pulmonary ... Short #Axis #PSAX #echocardiogram ... #POCUS #labeled ... #anatomy