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Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
and Secondary Causes ... cushion defects), Systemic ... inflammation (SLE ... annulus valve: ... Regurgitation #differential
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Lupus (SLE) General ... : Fever (50%), Depression ... , Aortic valve lesions ... Abdominal pain ... #SLE #systemic
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint Pain ... • Mitral regurgitation ... conditions #joint #pain ... #differential # ... diagnosis #rheumatology
Top 10 situations when to think about lupus
1) Inflammatory joint pain (especially in the wrists and
the face (many differential ... ; sometimes « viral ... 9) Unexplained fever ... #clues #system ... erythematosus #rheumatology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... Secondary to systemic ... leaflets/chordae) - SLE ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Causes of Severe ... Acute Prosthetic Valve ... , Rheumatic Fever ... Inflammatory: Lupus ... Degenerative: Systemic
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Involves aortic and mitral ... • Autoimmune (SLE ... night sweats, fever ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Decreased Production:
 - Drugs (chemo, yang, sulfa, acetaminophen, NSAIDs, quinine,
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... - Differential ... - Autoimmune: SLE ... - Mechanical: valve ... replacement, endocarditis
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... Arthritis: • Joint pain ... • Libman-Sacks endocarditis ... Cytopenias • Cardiac valve ... #Systemic #Lupus
Aortitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Non-Infectious Aortitis:
 • Vasculitides: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Takayasu's arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome,
Aortitis - Differential ... Arthritis (RA), Systemic ... lupus erythematosus ... (SLE), Sarcoidosis ... #Diagnosis #rheumatology