7 results
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
Tricuspid regurgitation is present on this subxiphoid view of a patient diagnosed with endocarditis. If you
Tricuspid regurgitation ... #Tricuspid #Valve ... #regurgitation ... cardiology #clinical #echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #POCUS
Isolated cleft in the posterior mitral valve leaflet can be a cause of unexplained mitral regurgitation
Isolated cleft in ... posterior mitral valve ... #mitralvalve #leaflet ... #regurgitation ... #Echocardiogram
Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis on POCUS

This is the bedside Echo of a critically ill young lady who
Tricuspid Valve ... the size of the Left ... think: tricuspid regurgitation ... POCUS #Clinical #Echocardiogram ... #Ultrasound #Vegetation
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
aortic and mitral regurgitation ... formation • Other vegetations ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Marantic: Emboli > Regurgitation ... sided vegetations
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Vegetations seen ... annular plane into left ... Congenital: MV clefts ... parachute mitral valve ... Primary #Functional #Differential
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
- Overview and Differential ... aortic and mitral regurgitation ... formation • Other vegetations ... sided vegetations ... #Endocarditis #Differential