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Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
prolapse beyond the ... muscle injury: ... from a kink in the ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Embolism - Etiology and ... - Most Common Cause ... , TEE, CT or MRI ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... next tests are ... MRI, CT TAP are ... #LV #Echocardiogram ... #cardiology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
liver or renal injury ... tests before beginning ... perfusion - Cardiac ... Hypovolemia - LV ... failure - Low cardiac
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... timing with Cardio-OB ... Serial TTE and close ... #management #cardiology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
quantify renal injury ... (UPC) ratio • Cardiac ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... Goodpasture's cause
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... next tests are ... MRI, CT TAP are ... #LV #Echocardiogram ... PSAX #clinical #cardiology
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
AL Cardiac: • ... Amyloid typing Cardiac ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram ... enlargement • MRI ... Tests: • Diagnostic
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
resting cardiac ... primary cause. ... LV generates enough ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... determine if stress test ... dysfunction or LV ... one post op Cardiology ... stratification #diagnosis