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Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... (PLAX) Surgery ... or mitral vegetations ... #endocarditis # ... Mitral #Valve #plax
Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Aortic and Mitral ... Valve Vegetations ... on POCUS - PLAX ... #Vegetations #Endocarditis ... #POCUS #PLAX #clinical
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated aortic
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... 15 mm) isolated aortic ... or mitral vegetations ... #endocarditis # ... Mitral #Valve #psax
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Long-Axis View (PLAX ... Parasternal Short-Axis (PSAX ... : Aortic Valve ( ... : Mitral Valve ( ... #Cardiac #TTE #
24 yo M sent from clinic to ED for + blood cultures. POCUS shows aortic valve
POCUS shows aortic ... valve vegetation ... #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #PLAX ... #Vegetation #Endocarditis
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Pt had mitral valve ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... cardiology #a4c #plax
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
• Using IV heroin ... demonstrate a mobile mitral ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Infective
Lambls Excrescences on Echocardiogram
An incidental finding in a young patient with polyneuritis - there is a
aortic valve. ... independent of cardiac ... vegetation unlikely ... #Excrescences #psax ... clinical #cardiology #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 ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... block, annular or aortic ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Huge cardiac ... masses...initially diagnosed ... aortic valve Anguished ... clinical #cardiology #pocus ... #plax