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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
View • PSAX: Mitral ... ) • SSN: Color ... Flow Doppler ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Causes of Mitral ... • Prosthetic valve ... annulus valve: ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes #primary
Mitral Regurgitation on Echocardiogram (A4C)

Actually both systolic and diastolic MR seen. Published it as “Continuously Regurgitating
Mitral Regurgitation ... Echocardiogram (A4C ... Valve” Dr. ... POCUS #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #color #doppler
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... Involves aortic and mitral ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... Regurgitation • Colon ... #management #cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... stenosis Rheumatic heart ... disease Infective endocarditis ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... #differential #cardiology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Causes of Primary ... of primary mitral ... - Rheumatic heart ... valve - Secondary ... #Causes #Primary
Isolated cleft in the posterior mitral valve leaflet can be a cause of unexplained mitral regurgitation
valve leaflet can ... be a cause of unexplained ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #doppler ... #color
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
valve conditions ... • Infective Endocarditis ... • Mitral Regurgitation ... • Mitral Stenosis ... #cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
involves aortic and mitral ... Septic emboli cause ... Treat underlying cause ... Regurgitation • Colon ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Venous System/Right Heart ... - Most Common Cause ... , PFO, ASD, h/o ... cardiac surgery, endocarditis ... scoring #criteria #cardiology