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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 ... OR to fix his valvular ... #Vegetations #Endocarditis ... #cardiology
ASE Echocardiographic Assessment of Valve Stenosis
 • Aortic Valve Stenosis
 • Mitral Valve Stenosis
 • Tricuspid
Valve Stenosis • Aortic ... Valve Stenosis • Mitral ... Valve Stenosis #Valvular ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #criteria #POCUS
ASE Echocardiography Guidelines for Evaluation of Valvular Regurgitation
 • Aortic Valve
 • Mitral Valve
 • Tricuspid
Evaluation of Valvular ... Regurgitation • Aortic ... Valve • Mitral ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #criteria #POCUS
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
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 ... #POCUS #Cardiac
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
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pathologic Causes: • Valvular ... disorders: - Aortic ... regurgitation - Aortic ... • Infective Endocarditis ... • Mitral Stenosis
Marantic Endocarditis 

Epidemiology:
 - Incidence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis if associated with cancer) is
19% had cardiac valvular ... vegetations on mitral ... and aortic valve ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... This post will focus ... structural and vascular ... Due to their short ... #Radiology #CTChest