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Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Prosthetic Heart Valves - INR Targets
Mechanical Valve - Duration Lifelong
INR 3.0:
Patients with Prosthetic ... - INR Targets Mechanical ... Any mitral valve prosthesis ... • Aortic valve prosthesis ... #mechanical #Heart
Prosthetic Mitral Valve Endocarditis - No bueno!

- Dr. Said Alsidawi @AlsidawiMD

#Prosthetic #MitralValve #Endocarditis #Echocardiogram #POCUS #Clinical
Prosthetic Mitral ... Valve Endocarditis ... AlsidawiMD #Prosthetic ... #MitralValve #Endocarditis
Summary of Anticoagulation / Antiplatelet therapy for mechanical valves.

- Dr. Joseph Shatzel
@Clotmaster

#Pharmacology #Prosthetic #Valve #Anticoagulation #Bioprosthetic
Antiplatelet therapy for mechanical ... #Pharmacology #Prosthetic ... Bioprosthetic #Mechanical
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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Infective endocarditis ... • Native and prosthetic ... valve endocarditis ... #Infective #Endocarditis
Starr-Edwards Caged Ball Heart Valve Prosthesis on Fluoroscopy

Dr. Mayara Viana @MayaraV77647721

#StarrEdwards #CagedBall #MitralValve #Prosthesis #Fluoroscopy #Cardiology
Ball Heart Valve Prosthesis ... #MitralValve #Prosthesis ... Clinical #CathLab #Mechanical
Endocarditis Algorithm - Infective vs Noninfective Causes
Noninfective:
 • Malignancy
 • Autoimmune disease
 • Systemic infection
Native Valve
Endocarditis Algorithm ... Culture-negative Prosthetic ... Diphtheroids Prosthetic ... amzn.to/2LmUODZ #Endocarditis
Replacement Heart Valves - Mechanical and Bioprosthetic
Mechanical Valves:
 • Ball and Cage Valves: Hufnagel Caged Ball
Heart Valves - Mechanical ... Bioprosthetic Mechanical ... (1965), Beall Prostheses ... - Most popular mechanical ... Heart #Valves #Mechanical
Complications of Staph Aureus Bacteremia
 • CNS Infections
 • Septic pulmonary embolism (0.9% - 18.8%)
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) • Infective endocarditis ... 6% - 24%) - Prosthetic ... 1.4-18.8%) - Prosthetic
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Acute Infective Endocarditis ... , Acute Prosthetic ... Infection: Infective Endocarditis ... Degeneration, Prosthetic
Microorganisms Responsible for Infective Endocarditis

Native valves:
 - Streptococcus viridans 
 - Enterococci 
 - Other streptococci
for Infective Endocarditis ... Diphtheroids Prosthetic ... #Infective #Endocarditis