valve vegetation

Vegetative endocarditis Any variably sized excrescence that may be present on heart valves

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If the bedside echocardiogram was able to detect the aortic valve vegetation, the patient would have been evaluated directly by TEE rather than TTE followed by TEE.

A Complicated Case of Serratia marcescens Infective Endocarditis in the Era of the Current Opioid Epidemic

The diagnosis of bacterial endocarditis with severe aortic valve vegetation was made after a transthoracic echocardiography was performed.

Pregnancy after Prosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement: How Do We Monitor Prosthetic Valvular Function during Pregnancy?

Caption: Transthoracic Echo--Tricuspid Valve Vegetation

Right-sided endocarditis in a non-drug addict

Two-dimensional echocardiography image showing a 4-mm mobile mitral valve vegetation.

Rapidly progressive and almost lethal pneumonia

After discussion with the family regarding the patient's critically ill state and poor prognosis, a decision was made to transfer her to our facility for debulking of the tricuspid valve vegetation using the AngioVac system.

AngioVac System Used for Vegetation Debulking in a Patient with Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Mitral valve vegetation and mitral regurgitation was the commonest valvular lesion in our study and minority of the patients had Tricuspid regurgitation as well.

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT AND EARLY OUTCOMES OF INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Both transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiograms demonstrated a subcentimeter aortic valve vegetation (Figure 1), moderate aortic regurgitation, and hypokinesis of the inferolateral left ventricular wall.

Myocardial infarction and aortic root mycotic aneurysm complicating aortic valve endocarditis: utility of cardiac CT

or Coxiella burnetii, Brazil * Patient Serum IgG Immunohistochemical no., by [greater than analysis of cardiac infection or equal to] valve vegetation type 800 by IFA ([dagger]) Bartonella C.

Bartonella spp. and Coxiella burnetii associated with community-acquired, culture-negative endocarditis, Brazil

A resident who came to do a physical exam asked, "Has anyone told you that you had a heart murmur?" An echocardiogram revealed a mitral valve vegetation, which had gradually destroyed the valve.

Clinician as patient: the gift of illness

TTE done at week 2 of treatment and at the end of antimicrobial therapy showed complete disappearance of the mitral valve vegetation.

Native valve endocarditis caused by coagulase negative staphylococci; an appeal to start outpatient antimicrobial therapy: an unusual case report

A transesophageal echocardiogram was performed to better visualize the mitral valve vegetation, revealing a 4.3 cm elongated mass attached to the base of the anterior mitral valve leaflet (Figure 3), accompanied by severe mitral regurgitation.

A 48-year-old man with right lower extremity weakness and pain

A preoperative transesophageal echocardiogram (FIGURE 3) confirms earlier findings and additionally reveals a small mitral valve vegetation. At surgery, the aortic valve is resected and replaced; a perivalvular abscess is drained.

Red eye, blurry vision, and cough: the 48-year-old patient also has chills and a low-grade fever. How would you proceed with his care?