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Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
atrium; LV, left ... TR, tricuspid regurgitation ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram ... #RightSided #CongestiveHeartFailure
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 ... atrium. ... valve - Secondary ... mitral regurgitation ... #Mitral #Regurgitation
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 ... tumor embolism ... Treat underlying cause
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
RV), tricuspid valve ... “cannon waves” caused ... tracings obtained for LEFT ... regurgitation). ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
mitral regurgitation ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... tumor embolism ... Septic emboli cause ... Marantic: Emboli > Regurgitation
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram

Ebstein anomaly. The tricuspid valve is ALWAYS more apically displaced than the mitral
displaced than the mitral ... commonest congenital cause ... of tricuspid regurgitation ... with an atrial ... Ebstein #Anomaly #POCUS
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
heart failure • Mitral ... valve prolapse ... stenosis) • Severe mitral ... regurgitation ... palpitations: PVC