21 results
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
• Rheumatic Heart ... Disease Pulmonary ... Leaflet/Annulus ... Mitral Regurgitation ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology
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
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
3T Cardiac MRI of Barlow's mitral valve disease demonstrating classic prolapse (thickened leaflets >5 mm), mitral
valve disease demonstrating ... prolapse (thickened leaflets ... >5 mm), mitral ... #Cardiology #CardiacMRI ... MitralValve #Prolapse #Regurgitation
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
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 Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Diagnosis Acute: • Leaflet ... Acute Infective Endocarditis ... Acute Prosthetic Valve ... Root Chronic - Leaflet ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... stenosis Rheumatic heart ... 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