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Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... or mitral vegetations ... Ivan_Echocardio #Vegetations ... #endocarditis # ... Mitral #Valve #plax
24 yo M sent from clinic to ED for + blood cultures. POCUS shows aortic valve
POCUS shows aortic ... valve vegetation ... #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #PLAX ... #Vegetation #Endocarditis
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated aortic
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... or mitral vegetations ... Ivan_Echocardio #Vegetations ... #endocarditis # ... Mitral #Valve #psax
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... Long-Axis View (PLAX ... : Aortic Valve ( ... #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram
Aortic Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
50 yo female presents with fever & flu-like symptoms.
Aortic Valve Endocarditis ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... valve vegetation ... #aorta #Valve # ... Endocarditis #POCUS
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Here you see a vegetation ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #plax
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
blood cultures • Echocardiographic ... false-negative results: vegetation ... already embolised, Vegetations ... dysfunction common, Aortic ... Marantic #diagnosis #table
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
consistent with a vegetation ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Infective ... MitralValve #Vegetation
Lambls Excrescences on Echocardiogram
An incidental finding in a young patient with polyneuritis - there is a
valve. ... motion making the vegetation ... #Excrescences #psax ... #a4c #Echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #pocus