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Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

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

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... #Valve #plax #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Coronary Artery ... Direct: Clot (LV ... ), Valve (Vegetation ... embolization Wlo LV ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Pseudoaneurysm with Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)

Something that once looked like a true LV aneurysm w/thrombus, turned
looked like a true LV ... partial thrombus ... Pseudoaneurysm #apical ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
LV Thrombus on POCUS (PLAX)

60 yo man with PMH of dilated cardiomyopathy comes to ED with
LV Thrombus on POCUS ... showed axillary artery ... atached to the mitral ... valve, but to the ... Echocardiogram #POCUS
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
endocarditis (vegetations ... )/tumor (left atrial ... myxoma)/ball valve ... thrombus - When ... #differential #cardiology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Vegetations seen ... plane into left atrium ... valve - Secondary ... papillary muscles apically ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Huge mural thrombus occupying 1/3 the LV.
MI effecting [LAD territory]

In PLAX view, The unechoic line between
Huge mural thrombus ... occupying 1/3 the LV ... DD the [apical HOCM ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #pocus #a4c
Typical mitral valve prolapse with an eccentric jet hugging the left atrial wall (Coanda effect). TTE
Typical mitral valve ... hugging the left atrial ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... Short-Axis View (PSAX ... considered (principally vegetation ... are all of some value ... #cardiology