Article
Bedside Point of Care Ultrasound Diagnosing Bilateral Valve Involvement in Infective Endocarditis
West Florida Division GME Research Day 2020
Division
West Florida
Hospital
Oak Hill Hospital
Specialty
Emergency Medicine
Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
6-1-2020
Keywords
- endocarditis,
- intravenous substance abuse,
- IVDU
Disciplines
Abstract
Endocarditis is a well known complication of intravenous drug abuse which classically affects the tricuspid valve. It is usually diagnosed by formal echocardiogram and positive blood cultures. Vegetations involving both the mitral and tricuspid valves are rare, occurring in less than 5% of all cases of infective endocarditis. 1 Here we report a case of a patient with vegetations on both valves which was discovered by point of care ultrasound.
Citation Information
Corey Cole, Alfredo Tirado and Jonathan Schwadron. "Bedside Point of Care Ultrasound Diagnosing Bilateral Valve Involvement in Infective Endocarditis" (2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jonathan-schwadron/1/