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Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Rupture, Acute Infective ... Endocarditis, Acute ... : Infective Endocarditis ... , Rheumatic Fever ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Infective Endocarditis - Indications for Surgery - "Fun-HEARTS" Mnemonic

Fungal endocarditis
Heart failure (valve dysfunction)
Enterococcus (VRE) endocarditis
Abscess, annular
Infective Endocarditis ... Abscess, annular or aortic ... FunHEARTS #Mnemonic #Infective ... cardiothoracic #cardiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
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Conditions for Infective ... Endocarditis ... Prosthetic valves - Aortic ... Coarctation of the aorta ... RiskFactors #Cardiology
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Stenosis: • Aortic ... cardiomyopathy • Endocarditis ... • Rupture • Endocarditis ... • Prolapse • Endocarditis ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
#table
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections ... #rodent #infections ... plague #rats #infectiousdisease ... #fever #differential ... #diagnosis #management
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Leaflet: Rheumatic fever ... , Infective endocarditis ... , Infective endocarditis ... endocarditis, Ring ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Mitral Valve Infective Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

IE & HIV & CD4<100 - Oh My!! Time for
Mitral Valve Infective ... Endocarditis on ... - VCU Ultrasound ... #Endocarditis # ... clinical #a4c #cardiology
Infections Rats can Transmit to Humans
Other infections not highlighted include Lassa fever, Plague, Salmonella, Tularemia etc

Rat
Infections Rats ... Humans Other infections ... include Lassa fever ... Transmissible #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Management
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Drugs • ICP / Infections ... Tachy-Brady syndrome • Aortic ... Valve Endocarditis ... Cimetidine Infections ... diagnosis #causes #cardiology
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
Endocarditis No ... Clinical features: Fever ... Endocarditis: ... Clinical features: Fever ... dysfunction common, Aortic