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Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Aortic and Mitral ... Vegetations in Endocarditis ... stethoscope would hear ... #Vegetations #Endocarditis ... #cardiology
Echocardiogram and POCUS Cardiology Windows and Anatomy
 • Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
 • Subcostal 4 Chamber
Echocardiogram and POCUS ... and Anatomy • ... - Level of the Aortic ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #Anatomy #labeled
Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
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valve disease - Mitral ... Coarctation of the aorta ... Indwelling right heart ... #RiskFactors #Cardiology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Rheumatic Heart ... Marfan's Disease Mitral ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
the level of the Aortic ... helps assess for aortic ... acuity of right heart ... #POCUS #labeled ... #anatomy
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... • Parasternal Short-Axis ... View • PSAX: Mitral ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... Echocardiogram #Heart
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 ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... block, annular or aortic ... #cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
disorders: - Aortic ... regurgitation - Aortic ... • Infective Endocarditis ... • Mitral Regurgitation ... • Mitral Stenosis
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... Ovarian CA, involves aortic ... and mitral regurgitation ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... block, annular or aortic
Starr-Edwards Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacements on Fluoroscopy
This is a cardiac cath on a patient with
and Mitral Valve ... There are reports ... still remember my anatomy ... #Mitral #Valve ... Fluoroscopy #clinical #cardiology