10 results
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 ... #Endocarditis #MitralValve ... #Vegetation
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 ... #MitralValve #Endocarditis ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Lymphoma infiltration in mitral valve on Echocardiogram
A case from my archive... interesting. Lymphoma infiltration in mitral
infiltration in mitral valve ... on Echocardiogram ... A case from my ... #infiltration #mitralvalve ... #Echocardiogram
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... - Most common cause ... endocarditis (vegetations ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... #diagnosis #differential
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
LAA Thrombus), Valve ... (Vegetation, Thrombus ... - Most Common Cause ... disease, prosthetic valve ... Embolism #diagnosis #differential
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Septic Emboli Cause ... formation • Other vegetations ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Treat underlying cause ... -mm left sided vegetations
Isolated cleft in the posterior mitral valve leaflet can be a cause of unexplained mitral regurgitation
posterior mitral valve ... leaflet can be a cause ... Isolated #cleft #mitralvalve ... regurgitation #Echocardiogram
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Causes of Primary ... Regurgitation (MR) Causes ... Vegetations seen ... parachute mitral valve ... Primary #Functional #Differential
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
- Overview and Differential ... Septic emboli cause ... Treat underlying cause ... -mm left sided vegetations ... #Endocarditis #Differential
Double Orifice Mitral Valve in a young M w/ chest pain. Rare congenital anomaly of subvalvular
Orifice Mitral Valve ... divides the mitral valve ... Orifice Mitral Valve ... DoubleOrifice #MitralValve ... clinical #cardiology #echocardiogram