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Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Causes of Severe ... Acute Infective Endocarditis ... Acute Prosthetic Valve ... Infection: Infective Endocarditis ... Degeneration, Prosthetic Valve
Aortic Valve Chordae Tendinae causing Aortic Regurgitation
In cases of significant aortic regurgitation without endocarditis or significant
Aortic Valve Chordae ... Regurgitation In cases ... regurgitation without endocarditis ... are rare, but cause ... valve leaflets
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... CA • Involves aortic ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Treat underlying cause ... block, annular or aortic
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Tachy-Brady syndrome • Aortic ... Valve Endocarditis ... • Post cardiac/Valve ... Spondylarthropathies Other causes ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
• Prosthetic valve ... Ovarian CA, involves aortic ... • Prosthetic Valve ... Septic emboli cause ... block, annular or aortic
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Physiologic Causes ... disorders: - Aortic ... regurgitation - Aortic ... sclerosis (both heart valve ... • Infective Endocarditis
Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
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for Infective Endocarditis ... - Prosthetic valves ... - Aortic valve ... Coarctation of the aorta ... #Infective #Endocarditis
Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Aortic and Mitral ... Valve Vegetations ... in Endocarditis ... & mitral valves ... #Vegetations #Endocarditis
Cardiac CTA showing Aortic Valve Endocarditis
Thickening of all the leaflets.

Dr. Daniel Lorenzatti @danilorenzatti

#Endocarditis #AorticValve #Aorta #Clinical
Cardiac CTA showing Aortic ... Valve Endocarditis ... danilorenzatti #Endocarditis ... #AorticValve #Aorta
Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Prosthetic Heart Valves - INR Targets
Mechanical Valve - Duration Lifelong
INR 3.0:
prosthesis • Aortic ... valve prosthesis ... Older generation aortic ... ball-in-cage) INR 2.5: • Aortic ... as 6 months • Aortic