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Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Causes of Mitral ... • Prosthetic valve ... annulus valve: ... Regurgitation #differential ... diagnosis #cardiology #causes
Lymphoma infiltration in mitral valve on Echocardiogram
A case from my archive... interesting. Lymphoma infiltration in mitral
infiltration in mitral ... A case from my ... infiltration in mitral ... Echocardiogram #clinical #pocus ... #plax #psax #a4c
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... Pt had mitral valve ... #MitralValve #Endocarditis ... clinical #cardiology #a4c ... #plax
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

Patient with active IVDU presents with fever, sepsis.

Dr. Robert Jones @RJonesSonoEM

#MitralValve
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... presents with fever ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #plax
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
demonstrate a mobile mitral ... with a vegetation secondary ... young patient with fever ... #Clinical #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #PLAX
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... dysplastic MV leaflets Secondary ... disease Infective endocarditis ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... #diagnosis #differential
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Involves aortic and mitral ... night sweats, fever ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Treat underlying cause ... Persistent bacteremia/fevers
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Causes of Primary ... disease: Most common cause ... Infective/marantic endocarditis ... valve - Secondary ... #Functional #Differential
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Failure - Differential ... Atypical bacteria: Viral ... lines, osteo, endocarditis ... SJS, DIHS, drug fever
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... leakage of RBC's secondary ... CTD (SLE) - Viral ... mountain spotted fever ... • Bacterial endocarditis