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Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Vegetations in ... Endocarditis on ... POCUS - PLAX ... #Vegetations #Endocarditis ... #cardiology
Echocardiogram and POCUS Cardiology Windows and Anatomy
 • Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
 • Subcostal 4 Chamber
Echocardiogram and POCUS Cardiology ... Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX ... of the Aortic Valve ... Apical 4 Chamber (A4C ... Echocardiogram #POCUS #Cardiology
Non-Infective Endocarditis (NBTE / Marantic Endocarditis)
Non-infective endocarditis is also known as: Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), Aseptic
Non-Infective Endocarditis ... Endocarditis) Non-infective ... the surface of valve ... left-sided heart valves ... vegetation on echo
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated aortic
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... aortic or mitral vegetations ... #endocarditis # ... Mitral #Valve #psax ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... Echocardiogram (PLAX ... #endocarditis # ... Mitral #Valve #plax ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
Non-Infective Endocarditis - Pathophysiology
Non-infective Endocarditis Pathophysiology:
 • Valves usually undamaged - Etiology poorly understood but thought
Non-Infective Endocarditis ... Pathophysiology Non-infective ... failure is rare Infective ... and propagate → Vegetation ... #NBTE #Marantic
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
-Chamber View (A4C ... Long Axis • PSAX ... : Aortic Valve ( ... : Mitral Valve ( ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis - POCUS Echocardiogram

Apical 4-chamber view, a mobile echogenic mass is seen
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... in Endocarditis ... #Vegetations #Endocarditis ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
from Infective ... false-negative results: vegetation ... already embolised, Vegetations ... infarcts Features of Infective ... #comparison #infective
HIV patient with sepsis - Infective endocarditis and vegetation

- Jaime Alejandro Sánchez Gutiérrez
@J_AlejandroMD

#Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram #A4C
endocarditis and ... vegetation - ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... #Infective #Endocarditis ... #Vegetations