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24 yo M sent from clinic to ED for + blood cultures. POCUS shows aortic valve
POCUS shows aortic ... valve vegetation ... Echocardiogram #Cardiac #PLAX ... #AorticValve #Aorta ... #Vegetation #Endocarditis
Parasternal Short axis, fan proximal and look for Aortic Valve in a plane shows all three
Valve in a plane ... "Mercedes Benz Sign ... jchristianfox #AorticValve ... #Aorta #mercedes ... Clinical #cardiology #PSAX
Aortic Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
50 yo female presents with fever & flu-like symptoms.
Aortic Valve Endocarditis ... Echocardiogram (PLAX ... fever & flu-like symptoms ... valve vegetation ... #aorta #Valve #
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
pathognomonic signs ... /symptoms or echo ... false-negative results: vegetation ... already embolised, Vegetations ... dysfunction common, Aortic
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Pericarditis, Endocarditis ... , Aortic valve lesions ... SLE #systemic #erythematosus ... #signs #symptoms
Marantic Endocarditis 

Epidemiology:
 - Incidence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis if associated with cancer) is
patients with no signs ... /syrnptoms of embolic ... on mitral and aortic ... valve. ... Vegetations mostly
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Kikuchi disease • Type-I ... • Libman-Sacks endocarditis ... Cytopenias • Cardiac valve ... vegetations APLA ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms