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Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... #plax #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Degenerated Left Atrial Myxoma on Echocardiogram (PLAX)
A 68-year-old gentleman with progressive shortness of breath and cystic
Degenerated Left ... Atrial Myxoma on ... #Myxoma #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated aortic
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... #psax #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Mitral Stenosis and Left Atrial Thrombus on Echocardiogram (a4c)

Mitral stenosis is a risk factor for LA
and Left Atrial ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... #Atrial #Thrombus ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral stenosis ... endocarditis (vegetations ... )/tumor (left atrial ... myxoma)/ball valve ... #differential #cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
(Vegetation, Thrombus ... Fibroelastoma), Mass (Myxoma ... Paradoxical: Right to Left ... Minor: • < 25% stenosis ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Typical mitral valve prolapse with an eccentric jet hugging the left atrial wall (Coanda effect). TTE
Typical mitral valve ... jet hugging the left ... atrial wall (Coanda ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Lambls Excrescences on Echocardiogram
An incidental finding in a young patient with polyneuritis - there is a
motion making the vegetation ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... #Excrescences #psax ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
atrium on Echocardiogram ... Mitral valve doesn ... #atrium #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram ... considered (principally vegetation ... : serial blood cultures ... are all of some value ... #cardiology