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Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... kidney disease Congenital ... papillary muscle), congenitally ... vegetations)/tumor (left atrial ... #differential #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Paroxysmal AF, atrial ... flutter, or atrial ... Arrhythmias: • Atrial ... • Multifocal atrial ... heart failure • Mitral
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
Left Atrium - Most ... towards the left atrium ... . - Left atrial ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Atrium #Ventricle
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Causes of Primary ... disease: Most common cause ... plane into left atrium ... inferior wall - Congenital ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Prosthetic valve • Congenital ... mitral regurgitation ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Prosthetic valve • Congenital ... mitral regurgitation ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Lateral view
On a normal lateral view the contours of the heart are visible and the IVC
heart are visible and ... entering the right atrium ... this is not the case ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram

Ebstein anomaly. The tricuspid valve is ALWAYS more apically displaced than the mitral
displaced than the mitral ... the commonest congenital ... cause of tricuspid ... associated with an atrial ... Echocardiogram #cardiology