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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
Non-Infective Endocarditis (NBTE / Marantic Endocarditis)
Non-infective endocarditis is also known as: Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), Aseptic
the surface of valve ... left-sided heart valves ... embolize • Cannot differentiate ... absent How can we differentiate ... Marantic #diagnosis #pathophysiology
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
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... sclerosis (both heart valve ... Heart Failure • Infective ... Endocarditis • Mitral ... Regurgitation • Mitral
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