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Quadricuspid Aortic Valve on Cardiac MRI with Severe Aortic Regurgitation
54 yo/ severe aortic regurgitation.  CMR
Quadricuspid Aortic Valve ... on Cardiac MRI ... quadricuspid aortic valve ... and non-coronary cusps ... CardiacMRI #clinical #cardiology
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
May present as: palpitations, dizziness, syncope, chest discomfort
Cardiac Causes:
 - Structural
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Valve disease ... tissue (previous MI ... ) Non-Cardiac Causes ... #Arrhythmias #Cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... Cardiomyopathy - Valves ... • Tricuspid Regurgitation ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... 85% of predicted value ... production to cause ... ($$$), PET CT/MRI ... Stress #Testing #cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Angiography or Cardiac ... - Most Common Cause ... PFO, ASD, h/o of cardiac ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... aortic and mitral regurgitation ... Treat underlying cause ... Marantic: Emboli > Regurgitation ... #management #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
failure • Mitral valve ... Severe mitral regurgitation ... Severe aortic regurgitation ... Mechanical prosthetic valve ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... • Prosthetic valve ... aortic and mitral regurgitation ... Marantic: Emboli > Regurgitation ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Huge cardiac ... masses...initially ... diagnosed in utero ... beneath the aortic valve ... #clinical #cardiology
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
with a normal echocardiogram ... is identified (video ... was 12.5 L/min (CI ... AorticRegurgitation #Diagnosis ... Fingernails #Nailbed #Cardiology