Bedside Echocardiography Diagnosis of Tricuspid Valve Infective Endocarditis in the Emergency Department.

Authors

Melissa Bacci, HCA HealthcareFollow
Kishan Patel, HCA HealthcareFollow
Gabriel Cabrera Correa, HCA HealthcareFollow
Eric Kalivoda, HCA HealthcareFollow

Division

West Florida

Hospital

Brandon Regional Hospital

Document Type

Case Report

Publication Date

9-24-2022

Keywords

echocardiography, emergency department, focused cardiac ultrasound; infective endocarditis, point-of-care ultrasound, tricuspid valve, ultrasonography

Disciplines

Bacterial Infections and Mycoses | Cardiovascular Diseases | Emergency Medicine

Abstract

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a rare life-threatening entity that remains difficult to diagnose in the emergency department (ED). Focused cardiac ultrasound (FOCUS) with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is an indispensable bedside tool for the emergency physician (EP) to promptly diagnosis and expedite clinical management of IE. This report describes a case in which EP-performed FOCUS led to the early identification of right-sided tricuspid valve IE complicated with septic pulmonary emboli.

Publisher or Conference

Cureus

Recommended Citation

Bacci M, Patel K, Cabrera G, Kalivoda EJ. Bedside Echocardiography Diagnosis of Tricuspid Valve Infective Endocarditis in the Emergency Department. Cureus. 2022;14(9):e29541. doi:10.7759/cureus.29541