11 results
ASE Echocardiographic Assessment of Valve Stenosis
 • Aortic Valve Stenosis
 • Mitral Valve Stenosis
 • Tricuspid
Valve Stenosis ... • Mitral Valve ... #Stenosis #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #diagnosis ... #cardiology #criteria
Valvular vs Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation - Classification
Valvular:
 • Presence of moderate-to-severe mitral stenosis or artificial (mechanical)
stenosis or artificial ... heart valve ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... Classification #diagnosis ... #cardiology #definition
ASE Echocardiography Guidelines for Evaluation of Valvular Regurgitation
 • Aortic Valve
 • Mitral Valve
 • Tricuspid
Mitral Valve ... • Pulmonic Valve ... Regurgitation #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #diagnosis ... #cardiology #criteria
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Valve (Vegetation ... Minor: • < 25% stenosis ... , PFO, ASD, h/o ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis ... #cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... thrombus - When ... #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Moderate or severe mitral ... stenosis • Mechanical ... heart valve ... #diagnosis #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 ... sinus venosus ASD ... MitralValve #clinical #cardiology ... #echocardiogram
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
had gained 15 kg ... , (B) a septal mitral ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... criteria (D) a ... pocus #clinical #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
valve prolapse ... insufficiency, stenosis ... ) • Severe mitral ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss ... #Palpitations #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 ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... #management #cardiology