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Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Aortic and Mitral ... on POCUS - PLAX ... aortic & mitral ... #Mitral #Valve ... #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 ... #Vegetations #endocarditis ... #Mitral #Valve ... #psax #Echocardiogram
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 ... #plax #Echocardiogram
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
: Aortic Valve ( ... : Mitral Valve ( ... #Cardiac #TTE # ... Echocardiogram # ... #Orientations #Atlas
Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
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- Aortic valve ... disease - Mitral ... Coarctation of the ... RiskFactors #Cardiology #Diagnosis ... #Differential #
Parasternal Short axis, fan proximal and look for Aortic Valve in a plane shows all three
Valve in a plane ... leaflets coining the ... #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #cardiology #PSAX
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
Parasternal Short Axis Windows:

Aortic Valve, Mitral Valve, and Papillary Muscle Views

Understanding long and short axes in
Axis Windows: Aortic ... Valve, Mitral Valve ... short axes in TTE ... cianmcdermott #PSAX ... #POCUS #Fanning
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Plane, e.g., LAX, SAX ... Visualized, e.g., Mitral ... valve (MV), Aortic ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... cardiology #views #TTE
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