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Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Causes of Mitral Regurgitation ... • Prosthetic valve ... Ring fracture, Thrombus ... Mitral annulus valve ... #differential #
Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram (A4C)

"Frozen" tricuspid valve with severe regurgitation. Carcinoid heart disease: Thickening, retraction
Carcinoid Heart ... Disease on Echocardiogram ... with severe regurgitation ... #regurgitation ... #a4c #Echocardiogram
Causes of Urinary Tract Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Upper Tract - Bladder NOT distended on ultrasound,
Obstruction - Differential ... Squamous cell carcinoma ... stone • Thrombus ... Posterior Urethral valves ... #UrinaryTract #Differential
Right Sided Failure secondary to Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram
Carcinoid heart disease results in characteristic right
Heart Disease on Echocardiogram ... Carcinoid heart ... septal tricuspid valve ... torrential tricuspid regurgitation ... clinical #cardiology #echocardiogram
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Fabry's disease, carcinoid ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... thrombus - When ... Causes #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Functional Mitral Regurgitation ... primary mitral regurgitation ... parachute mitral valve ... vascular disease, carcinoid ... Primary #Functional #Differential