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ASD on Bubble Contrast Echocardiogram (a4c)
A patient with an anterior STEMI (take a look at the
ASD on Bubble Contrast ... previously undiagnosed ASD ... Ivan_Echocardio #atrial ... #ASD #Bubble #Contrast ... #clinical #cardiology
Negative contrast effect = a washout of the contrast (agitated saline) in the right atrium in
Negative contrast effect ... patient with an ASD ... #washout #ASD # ... defect #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Primary and Secondary ... • Prosthetic valve ... Ring fracture, Thrombus ... #differential # ... diagnosis #cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... , PFO, ASD, h/o ... cardiac surgery, endocarditis ... Embolism #diagnosis #differential ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Large Atrial Septal Defect and clearly not a PFO. I want to personally thank all the
Large Atrial Septal ... Defect and clearly ... #Clinical #Cardiology ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... #ASD #Large #SeptalDefect
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
- Differential ... Acute Prosthetic Valve ... Aortic Aneurysms and ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Combination of diagnostic criteria used to assess the severity of tricuspid regurgitation (TR). This figure lists
severity of tricuspid regurgitation ... ASD indicates atrial ... septal defect; ... RA, right atrial ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
sclerosis (both heart valve ... of developing atrial ... mmHg developed atrial ... • Infective Endocarditis ... Pathophysiology #causes #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
mitral regurgitation ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... #management #cardiology
Causes of Ischemic Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Important to determine and treat the etiology behind because
Ischemic Stroke - Differential ... stenosis, Prosthetic valve ... • Endocarditis ... Structural: myxoma, thrombus ... Non-atherosclerotic: Arterial