May 2022: The Speed of Sound: Making an Endocarditis Diagnosis in Opioid Users

A 25-year-old woman who used heroin presented with a fever and malaise that she had had for a week (COVID negative). Endocarditis is on the rise from opioid use, and this video demonstrates right ventricular inflow view with a mobile vegetation on the tricuspid valve that can be helpful in diagnosing it. Read more in Dr. Butts’ column at http://bit.ly/SpeedSound.
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