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Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
in Endocarditis ... on POCUS - PLAX ... #Vegetations #Endocarditis ... #POCUS #PLAX #clinical ... #cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... : Aortic Valve ( ... : Mitral Valve ( ... #Cardiac #TTE #
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
., LAX, SAX, or4C ... (MV), Aortic valve ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views ... #TTE #orientations
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... CA • Involves aortic ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... block, annular or aortic ... #management #cardiology
Double Valve Sign - Type A Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram

STEMI on EKG: check the echo!
Double Valve Sign ... - Type A Aortic ... Echocardiogram STEMI on EKG ... Echocardiogram #cardiology ... #clinical #plax
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Echocardiogram Huge cardiac ... mass just beneath the ... aortic valve Anguished ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #plax
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
• Diagnostic features ... tamponade recurs. ❿ Plan ... definitive management ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Marantic Endocarditis 

Epidemiology:
 - Incidence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis if associated with cancer) is
revealed 19% had cardiac ... vegetations found via TTE ... on mitral and aortic ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Ovarian CA, involves aortic ... cultures • 2D Echo TTE ... ○ TTE nondiagnostic ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... block, annular or aortic
Lambls Excrescences on Echocardiogram
An incidental finding in a young patient with polyneuritis - there is a
aortic valve. ... valve prolapse ... independent of cardiac ... #Excrescences #psax ... #pocus