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Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... the leaflets shouldn ... Here you see a vegetation ... #MitralValve #Endocarditis ... #clinical #cardiology
Mitral Valve Flail leaflet with an eccentric MR jet

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#MitralValve #Flail #leaflet #regurgitation
Mitral Valve Flail ... leaflet with an ... Ivan_Echocardio #MitralValve ... regurgitation #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP) with flail leaflet on Echocardiogram (2D/3D)

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#MitralValve #Prolapse #MVP
Mitral Valve Prolapse ... on Echocardiogram ... Ivan_Echocardio #MitralValve ... #Echocardiogram ... #3D #clinical #cardiology
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
Isolated cleft in the posterior mitral valve leaflet can be a cause of unexplained mitral regurgitation
posterior mitral valve ... leaflet can be ... Isolated #cleft #mitralvalve ... #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Vegetations seen ... because of MV leaflet ... parachute mitral valve ... Primary #Functional #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Complex mitral valve endocarditis with pericardial effusion, myocardial abscess, and reduced LV systolic function - Echocardiogram
Complex mitral valve ... abscess, and reduced LV ... VLSorrellImages #mitralvalve ... abscess #plax #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
fusion, thick MV leaflets ... endocarditis (vegetations ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... Causes #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Direct: Clot (LV ... (Vegetation, Thrombus ... embolization Wlo LV ... Embolism #diagnosis #differential ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Pickelhaube Sign on Echocardiogram
Pickelhaube sign may be seen in mitral valve prolapse (MVP): High velocity (≥
Pickelhaube Sign on Echocardiogram ... seen in mitral valve ... adjacent posterobasal LV ... myxomatous mitral valve ... #POCUS #cardiology