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Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
(vegetations)/tumor ... (left atrial myxoma ... )/ball valve thrombus ... #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
atrium on Echocardiogram ... Mitral valve doesn ... ASD with R/L shunting ... a4c #Echocardiogram ... #pocus
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
stenosis - Infective ... marantic endocarditis/tumors ... plane into left atrium ... valve - Secondary ... #Mitral #Regurgitation
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram

Ebstein anomaly. The tricuspid valve is ALWAYS more apically displaced than the mitral
displaced than the mitral ... cause of tricuspid regurgitation ... with an atrial ... Ebstein #Anomaly #POCUS ... #cardiology #a4c
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
mitral regurgitation ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... tumor embolism ... Marantic: Emboli > Regurgitation ... #management #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
heart failure • Mitral ... valve prolapse ... insufficiency, stenosis ... ) • Severe mitral ... regurgitation
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Differential Diagnosis ... mitral regurgitation ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... tumor embolism ... Marantic: Emboli > Regurgitation