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24 yo M sent from clinic to ED for + blood cultures. POCUS shows aortic valve
POCUS shows aortic valve ... vegetation. ... Also, LV dilation ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #PLAX
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Direct: Clot (LV ... (Vegetation, Thrombus ... Angiography or Cardiac ... embolization Wlo LV ... Embolism #diagnosis #differential
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
Clips 1 and 2 demonstrate ... mobile mitral valve ... consistent with a vegetation ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #MitralValve #Vegetation
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on POCUS

This is the bedside Echo of a critically ill young lady who
Tricuspid Valve ... the tricuspid valve ... Left Ventricle (LV ... this underfilled LV ... POCUS #Clinical #Echocardiogram
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Vegetations seen ... chest wall trauma, LV ... parachute mitral valve ... produced by LV ... Primary #Functional #Differential
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... : • New cardiac ... formation • Other vegetations ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... -mm left sided vegetations
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
Failure (PE, PHTN), LV ... myocarditis, etc), Valves ... Pneumothorax, Cardiac ... pancreatitis, post-cardiac ... Shock #diagnosis #differential
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... on Echocardiogram ... considered (principally vegetation ... are all of some value ... #LV #Echocardiogram
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... on Echocardiogram ... considered (principally vegetation ... are all of some value ... #LV #Echocardiogram
Lambls Excrescences on Echocardiogram
An incidental finding in a young patient with polyneuritis - there is a
Excrescences on Echocardiogram ... on the aortic valve ... Probably also aortic valve ... independent of cardiac ... motion making the vegetation