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Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
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Relative Risk of ... - Aortic valve ... disease - Mitral ... Indwelling right heart ... #RiskFactors #Cardiology
Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Aortic and Mitral ... stethoscope would hear ... & mitral valves ... #Mitral #Valve ... PLAX #clinical #cardiology
Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Prosthetic Heart Valves - INR Targets
Mechanical Valve - Duration Lifelong
INR 3.0:
with Prosthetic Heart ... INR 3.0: • Any mitral ... • Aortic valve ... or Mitral Valve ... #Valves #cardiology
Infective Endocarditis - Indications for Surgery - "Fun-HEARTS" Mnemonic

Fungal endocarditis
Heart failure (valve dysfunction)
Enterococcus (VRE) endocarditis
Abscess, annular
Surgery - "Fun-HEARTS ... Heart failure ... (valve dysfunction ... Abscess, annular or aortic ... cardiothoracic #cardiology
Summary table of heart murmurs associated with mitral and aortic valve diseases as well as their
Summary table of heart ... associated with mitral ... and aortic valve ... #diagnosis #heart ... #cardiology #comparison
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

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

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... 15 mm) isolated aortic ... #Vegetations #endocarditis ... #Mitral #Valve ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
embolism +++, Heart ... Frequent false-negative ... for left-sided heart ... dysfunction common, Aortic ... #comparison #infective
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
• Rheumatic Heart ... Pulmonary Stenosis Mitral ... Marfan's Disease Mitral ... Fever • Trauma Mitral ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology
Cardiac Murmurs and Maneuvers

An algorithm demonstrating the effect of various maneuvers on systolic murmurs. 
TR, tricuspid
valve prolapse/ ... regurgitation; AS, aortic ... depending on the relative ... Murmurs #Maneuvers #Heart ... #Cardiology #PhysicalExam