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HIV patient with sepsis - Infective endocarditis and vegetation

- Jaime Alejandro Sánchez Gutiérrez
@J_AlejandroMD

#Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram #A4C
vegetation - ... J_AlejandroMD #Clinical #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... #Vegetations
Non-Infective Endocarditis (NBTE / Marantic Endocarditis)
Non-infective endocarditis is also known as: Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), Aseptic
Non-Infective Endocarditis ... , Marantic endocarditis ... valve leaflet • Vegetations ... inflammation at vegetation ... vegetation on echo
Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis - POCUS Echocardiogram

Apical 4-chamber view, a mobile echogenic mass is seen
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... on size of the vegetation ... sensitive for vegetations ... Mitral #Valve #Vegetations ... clinical #cardiology #a4c
This massive burden of tricuspid valve vegetation was caught in a young patient with septic shock.
tricuspid valve vegetation ... Echo ALL shock patients ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... #Tricuspid #Vegetation ... #Endocarditis
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
Differentiating NBTE from Infective ... signs/symptoms or echo ... false-negative results: vegetation ... already embolised, Vegetations ... #NBTE #Marantic
Tricuspid Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram (s4c)
There are times you do a bedside echo on
Tricuspid Vegetations ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... you do a bedside echo ... TV #Tricuspid #Vegetations ... POCUS #Echocardiogram
Large Tricuspid Valve Vegetation - Echocardiogram (A4C)

V.L.Sorrell, MD @VLSorrellImages

#Tricuspid #Valve #Vegetation #endocarditis #A4C #Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
Tricuspid Valve Vegetation ... Echocardiogram (A4C ... Tricuspid #Valve #Vegetation ... #endocarditis # ... clinical #cardiology #pocus
Non-Infective Endocarditis - Pathophysiology
Non-infective Endocarditis Pathophysiology:
 • Valves usually undamaged - Etiology poorly understood but thought
Non-Infective Endocarditis ... Pathophysiology Non-infective ... failure is rare Infective ... and propagate → Vegetation ... #NBTE #Marantic
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

This patient underwent septal myectomy and MV replacement

- Abhilash Koratala MD
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Mitral #Valve #Endocarditis ... #Vegetations #POCUS ... clinical #cardiology #A4C
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
for metastatic infection ... Myocardial abscess • Vegetation ... cultures • Large vegetation ... Consider repeat echo ... (to r/o vegetation