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Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Causes of Severe ... Endocarditis, Acute ... Prosthetic Valve ... : Infective Endocarditis ... Degeneration, Prosthetic Valve
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
 •
Infective endocarditis ... and sources of infection ... and prosthetic valve ... endocarditis • ... Sources #Causes
Mitral Valve Infective Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

IE & HIV & CD4<100 - Oh My!! Time for
Mitral Valve Infective ... Endocarditis on ... POCUS Echocardiogram ... #Endocarditis # ... POCUS #Echocardiogram
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
and Secondary Causes ... • Prosthetic valve ... fracture, Thrombus ... Mitral annulus valve ... diagnosis #cardiology #causes
Mitral Valve Vegetation Echocardiogram
Juicy vegetation on a mitral valve.

31% S. Aureus (IVDUs, IV lines)
17% Strep viridans
11%
Echocardiogram ... Mitral #Vegetation #Endocarditis ... #Infective #Clinical ... #Echocardiogram ... #Valve
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
 = right heart thrombus ... (or thrombi); RV ... valve peak systolic ... valve F. ... cmls) #TTE #Echocardiogram
Endocarditis Algorithm - Infective vs Noninfective Causes
Noninfective:
 • Malignancy
 • Autoimmune disease
 • Systemic infection
Native Valve
Endocarditis Algorithm ... - Infective vs ... Noninfective Causes ... amzn.to/2LmUODZ #Endocarditis ... #Noninfective #Causes
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
Differentiating NBTE from Infective ... demonstration of platelet thrombi ... infarcts Features of Infective ... in up to 30% of cases ... #comparison #infective
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on Echocardiogram (a4c)

TV endocarditis in a patient with small, restrictive VSD

Ivan Stankovic, MD,
Tricuspid Valve ... Echocardiogram ( ... Ivan_Echocardio #Tricuspid ... #Valve #Endocarditis ... vegetation #a4c #vsd #Echocardiogram
This massive burden of tricuspid valve vegetation was caught in a young patient with septic shock.
valve vegetation ... - Sam Ghali @EM_RESUS ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #Tricuspid ... #Vegetation #Endocarditis