CARDIOLOGY
MIXED AORTIC VALVE DISEASE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Petechiae
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Embolism
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Vegetations
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Infective endocarditis develops most commonly on the mitral valve, closely followed in descending order of frequency by the aortic valve, the combined mitral and aortic valve, the tricuspid valve, and, rarely, the pulmonic valve. Mechanical prosthetic and bioprosthetic valves exhibit equal rates of infection.
Detailed explanation-2: -Endocarditis infection occurs along the edges of the heart valves. The lesions, called vegetations, are masses composed of fibrin, platelets, and infecting organisms, held together by agglutinating antibodies produced by the bacteria.
Detailed explanation-3: -The vegetations are located in the atrial side of the tricuspid valve, in the way of the regurgitant jet.
Detailed explanation-4: -Two-dimensional echocardiography has the ability to detect vegetations and their associated complications in patients with endocarditis.