Acute Infective Endocarditis involving Tricuspid Valve

Acute Infective Endocarditis involving Tricuspid Valve •View is of the inflow tract of the right ventricle showing the tricuspid valve. •Note the thin plaque like vegetation outlined by 2 arrows, and that it has extended onto the underlying ventricular endocardium. This is a fully developed bacterial endocarditis, which could be missed on an echocardiogram. (Description By:J. Hasson, M.D. ) (Image Contrib. by: UCHC )