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Mitral Regurgitation on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber

Before blousing fluids, check for LV systolic function
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... regurgitation on an A4 ... Regurgitation #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #A4c #cardiology ... #clinical #MR #
Mitral Regurgitation on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber

Before blousing fluids, check for LV systolic function
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... regurgitation on an A4 ... Regurgitation #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #A4c #cardiology ... #clinical #MR #
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
and Functional Mitral ... Causes of primary mitral ... plane into left atrium ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Degenerated Left Atrial Myxoma on Echocardiogram (PLAX)
A 68-year-old gentleman with progressive shortness of breath and cystic
Degenerated Left Atrial ... Final diagnosis ... myxoma with severe MR ... PLAX #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
Giant dilated left atrium ... MR was only mild ... Mitral valve doesn ... chronic severe MR ... #pocus
Typical mitral valve prolapse with an eccentric jet hugging the left atrial wall (Coanda effect). TTE
Typical mitral valve ... hugging the left atrial ... underestimate MR ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... right and left atria ... Moderate or severe mitral ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Involves aortic and mitral ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Differential Diagnosis ... Endocarditis Diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
this post will focus ... its Chloride (Cl ... essentially all our vital ... #criticalcare #management ... #diagnosis #treatment
Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF)
snrunken ventnoes
Hallmark chronic EMF features include:
 • Apical obliteration of the left and/or
thrombus in cardiac MR ... ventricles and marked atria ... muscles leading to mitral ... seen on cardiac MR ... #diagnosis