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Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Aortic and Mitral Valve ... Vegetations in ... Endocarditis on ... POCUS - PLAX ... #Vegetations #Endocarditis
Echocardiogram and POCUS Cardiology Windows and Anatomy
 • Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
 • Subcostal 4 Chamber
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX ... Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX ... of the Aortic Valve ... Apical 4 Chamber (A4C ... Apical 2 Chamber (A2C
Mitral Valve Vegetation Echocardiogram
Juicy vegetation on a mitral valve.

31% S. Aureus (IVDUs, IV lines)
17% Strep viridans
11%
Mitral Valve Vegetation ... on a mitral valve ... #Endocarditis # ... Infective #Clinical ... Echocardiogram #Valve
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
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

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

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... Echocardiogram (PLAX ... aortic or mitral vegetations ... #endocarditis # ... Mitral #Valve #plax
Non-Infective Endocarditis (NBTE / Marantic Endocarditis)
Non-infective endocarditis is also known as: Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), Aseptic
Non-Infective Endocarditis ... the surface of valve ... leaflet • Vegetations ... left-sided heart valves ... vegetation on echo
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... Here you see a vegetation ... #MitralValve #Endocarditis ... clinical #cardiology #a4c ... #plax