8 results
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
Clips 1 and 2 demonstrate ... a mobile mitral ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Infective ... #Endocarditis #MitralValve
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Direct: Clot (LV ... (Vegetation, Thrombus ... - Most Common Cause ... embolization Wlo LV ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
disease: Most common cause ... stenosis - Infective ... Vegetations seen ... valve - Secondary ... #Functional #Differential
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... Whipple's disease Infective ... endocarditis (vegetations ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... #diagnosis #differential
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on POCUS

This is the bedside Echo of a critically ill young lady who
Tricuspid Valve ... are infective vegetations ... Left Ventricle (LV ... this underfilled LV ... POCUS #Clinical #Echocardiogram
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... Involves aortic and mitral ... formation • Other vegetations ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... -mm left sided vegetations
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
- Overview and Differential ... involves aortic and mitral ... Treat underlying cause ... -mm left sided vegetations ... #Endocarditis #Differential
DEPRESSED ST Mnemonic for Causes of ST Segment Depression

D - Drooping valve (mitral valve prolapse)
E -
ST Mnemonic for Causes ... (mitral valve prolapse ... - Enlargement (LV ... ischemia E - Embolism ... #STDepression #Differential