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ASE Echocardiographic Assessment of Valve Stenosis
 • Aortic Valve Stenosis
 • Mitral Valve Stenosis
 • Tricuspid
Valve Stenosis ... • Mitral Valve ... StenosisTricuspid ... POCUS #diagnosis #cardiology ... #criteria #POCUS
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Degenerative (Tricuspid ... Mitral Regurgitation ... Marfan's Disease Mitral ... Ebstein's Anomaly • Carcinoid ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... Fabry's disease, carcinoid ... disease Infective endocarditis ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... #differential #cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
LAA Thrombus), Valve ... Minor: • < 25% stenosis ... , PFO, ASD, h/o ... cardiac surgery, endocarditis ... #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 ... -> TEE • Duke Criteria ... Substance use: R > L Tricuspid ... #management #cardiology
Double Orifice Mitral Valve in a young M w/ chest pain. Rare congenital anomaly of subvalvular
Valve in a young ... regurgitation or stenosis ... Ao coarctation, bicuspid ... sinus venosus ASD ... MitralValve #clinical #cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
sclerosis (both heart valve ... • Infective Endocarditis ... • Mitral Stenosis ... Regurgitation) • Tricuspid ... Pathophysiology #causes #cardiology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
stenosis - Infective ... /marantic endocarditis ... valve - Secondary ... vascular disease, carcinoid ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
involves aortic and mitral ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... → TEE • Duke Criteria ... substance use: R > L Tricuspid ... #Diagnosis #cardiology