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Mitral Valve Vegetation Echocardiogram
Juicy vegetation on a mitral valve.

31% S. Aureus (IVDUs, IV lines)
17% Strep viridans
11%
Mitral Valve Vegetation ... Echocardiogram ... on a mitral valve ... #Infective #Clinical ... #Echocardiogram
Mitral Valve Vegetation on Echocardiogram

Since people liked yesterday's MV vegetation, & IE was a hot topic
Mitral Valve Vegetation ... on Echocardiogram ... #Infective #Clinical ... #Echocardiogram ... #Valve
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 ... with a vegetation ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #PLAX #Infective
Mitral Valve Infective Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

IE & HIV & CD4<100 - Oh My!! Time for
Mitral Valve Infective ... Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram ... - VCU Ultrasound ... #MitralValve #Infective ... Endocarditis #POCUS #Echocardiogram
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 ... Causes #diagnosis #differential
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on POCUS

This is the bedside Echo of a critically ill young lady who
Tricuspid Valve ... the tricuspid valve ... are infective vegetations ... POCUS #Clinical #Echocardiogram ... #Ultrasound #Vegetation
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
and Functional Mitral ... stenosis - Infective ... Vegetations seen ... valve - Secondary ... Primary #Functional #Differential
Figure. An approach to the diagnostic use of echocardiography (echo). Rx indicates prescription; TEE, transesophageal
echocardiography; and
other stigmata of infective ... prosthetic heart valves ... large or mobile vegetations ... Transesophageal #Echocardiogram ... #TTE #TEE #Algorithm
Diagnostic approach to the admitted patient with possible COVID-19

Initial evaluation
- Chest X-ray
- Lung ultrasound (thorough "lawn-mower"
X-ray - Lung ultrasound ... RSV, and other viral ... - CBC with differential ... indicated (e.g. echocardiogram ... iBookCC #COVID19 #algorithm
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Petechial Rash - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Trauma - Infection ... Microscopic) - Viral ... • Abdominal ultrasound