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Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

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

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... 15 mm) isolated aortic ... or mitral vegetations ... Ivan_Echocardio #Vegetations ... #plax #Echocardiogram
Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Aortic and Mitral ... Valve Vegetations ... you see large vegetations ... OR to fix his valvular ... #Vegetations #Endocarditis
24 yo M sent from clinic to ED for + blood cultures. POCUS shows aortic valve
valve vegetation ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #PLAX ... #AorticValve #Aorta ... #Vegetation #Endocarditis
Tricuspid Vegetation on POCUS - PSAX
PSSA level of aortic valve w/ vegetation on TV. Septic embolization

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Tricuspid Vegetation ... PSSA level of aortic ... valve w/ vegetation ... #Tricuspid #Vegetation ... #ultrasound #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 #Echocardiogram
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac ... • SC Abdominal Aorta ... : Aortic Valve ( ... : Mitral Valve ( ... #TTE #Echocardiogram
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
Clips 1 and 2 demonstrate ... consistent with a vegetation ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Infective ... #MitralValve #Vegetation
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
CA • Involves aortic ... insult due to vascular ... formation • Other vegetations ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... -mm left sided vegetations
Marantic Endocarditis 

Epidemiology:
 - Incidence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis if associated with cancer) is
revealed 19% had cardiac ... valvular vegetations ... irregularly shaped vegetations ... on mitral and aortic ... Vegetations mostly