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Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Leaflet: Rheumatic ... fever, Infective endocarditis ... • Prosthetic valve ... annulus valve: ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... Pt had mitral valve ... the leaflets shouldn ... the anterior MV leaflet ... #clinical #cardiology
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
• Rheumatic Heart ... Leaflet/Annulus ... - Leaflet • Prolapse ... • Endocarditis ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology
Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
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- Aortic valve ... disease - Mitral ... regurgitation ... Indwelling right heart ... #RiskFactors #Cardiology
Aortic and Mitral Valve Vegetations in Endocarditis on POCUS - PLAX

Why would this 30 y/o male
Aortic and Mitral ... in Endocarditis ... stethoscope would hear ... #Endocarditis # ... #cardiology
Mitral Valve Flail leaflet with an eccentric MR jet

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#MitralValve #Flail #leaflet #regurgitation
Mitral Valve Flail ... leaflet with an ... #regurgitation ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Isolated cleft in the posterior mitral valve leaflet can be a cause of unexplained mitral regurgitation
the posterior mitral ... valve leaflet can ... regurgitation ( ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #doppler
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
- Rheumatic heart ... Infective/marantic endocarditis ... valve - Secondary ... #Mitral #Regurgitation ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... stenosis Rheumatic heart ... disease Infective endocarditis ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... #differential #cardiology
Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram (A4C)

"Frozen" tricuspid valve with severe regurgitation. Carcinoid heart disease: Thickening, retraction
with severe regurgitation ... leaflets. ... #regurgitation ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus