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  • Figure illustrates aortic & mitral valve targets for endocarditic vegetations {referencing high-velocity blood flow}
  • Regurgitant  flow through an incompetent aortic valve may result in lesions on:
    • ventricular valvular surfaces
    • chordae tendinae of the anterior mitral leaflet
  • Regurgitation through incompetent mitral valves (into the low-pressure left atrium) may result in:
    • vegetation development on atrial surfaces of  the mitral valve
    • vegetation development at the site of blood jet impact on the atrial wall