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Echocardiogram and POCUS Cardiology Windows and Anatomy
 • Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
 • Subcostal 4 Chamber
Echocardiogram and POCUS ... Cardiology Windows ... the Papillary Muscles ... Apical 4 Chamber (A4C ... Echocardiogram #POCUS
Schematic examples of the cause of acute mitral regurgitation. 
LV, left ventricle; PM, papillary mucle; SAM,
examples of the cause ... PM, papillary mucle ... #MR #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Acute # ... Differential #Cardiology
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
and Secondary Causes ... rupture • Papillary muscle ... cardiomyopathy, Papillary muscle ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cardiology #causes
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
one papillary muscle ... fused papillary muscles ... of a papillary muscle ... #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Papillary muscle rupture on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C - Labeled

I colorized this POCUS to make it
Papillary muscle ... Echocardiogram - A4C ... antero-lateral papillary muscle ... anterolateral #Papillary #muscle ... #clinical #cardiology
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Papillary Muscle ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Papillary muscle rupture on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C

Rare case! 70M recent MI with acute resp failure
Papillary muscle ... Rare case! ... Papillary muscle ... anterolateral #Papillary #muscle ... #clinical #cardiology
The Role of Echocardiography in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
 • Establish diagnosis & determine pattern of hypertrophy
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Cardiomyopathy • Establish diagnosis ... direction of mitral regurgitation ... valve & papillary muscles ... Echocardiogram #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Functional Mitral Regurgitation ... or LV papillary muscle ... displacement of papillary muscles ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Figure 53 – Longitudinal (left) and transverse (right) images from an ultrasound of the pylorus demonstrate
images from an ultrasound ... demonstrate the pyloric muscle ... The pyloric muscle ... criteria for the diagnosis ... #Clinical #POCUS