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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
-Chamber View (A4C ... : Mitral Valve ( ... ) • SSN: Color ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... #Cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... stenosis Rheumatic heart ... Whipple's disease Infective ... endocarditis (vegetations ... #differential #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Involves aortic and mitral ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... Treat underlying cause ... Regurgitation • Colon ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Causes of Primary ... - Rheumatic heart ... stenosis - Infective ... /marantic endocarditis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Failure • 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 ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology