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ASE Echocardiography Guidelines for Evaluation of Valvular Regurgitation
 • Aortic Valve
 • Mitral Valve
 • Tricuspid
ASE Echocardiography ... • Mitral Valve ... #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #diagnosis ... #cardiology #criteria
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Primary and Secondary ... Causes of Mitral ... annulus valve: ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cardiology #causes
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... sclerosis (both heart valve ... Endocarditis • Mitral ... • Mitral Stenosis ... #causes #cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... (vegetations)/tumor ... (left atrial myxoma ... )/ball valve thrombus ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Mitral Regurgitation ... plane into left atrium ... mitral regurgitation ... #Mitral #Regurgitation ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
ASE Echocardiography Evaluation of Mitral Regurgitation
A. Color Flow Doppler
B. Pulsed Wave Doppler
C. Continuous Wave Doppler
D. Quantitative
ASE Echocardiography ... Regurgitation A ... #Echocardiogram ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #POCUS #Valve
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Causes of Severe ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Acute ... Diagnosis #Causes ... #cardiology
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
RV), tricuspid valve ... “cannon waves” caused ... regurgitation). ... Success of mitral ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
mitral regurgitation ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... tumor embolism
Double Orifice Mitral Valve in a young M w/ chest pain. Rare congenital anomaly of subvalvular
Valve in a young ... in regurgitation ... MitralValve #clinical #cardiology ... #echocardiogram ... #pocus #PSAX