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Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram (A4C)

"Frozen" tricuspid valve with severe regurgitation. Carcinoid heart disease: Thickening, retraction
Carcinoid Heart ... Carcinoid heart ... #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
View • PSAX: Mitral ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... #TTE #Echocardiogram ... #Heart #Windows ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Right Sided Failure secondary to Carcinoid Heart Disease on Echocardiogram
Carcinoid heart disease results in characteristic right
Carcinoid heart ... septal tricuspid valve ... torrential tricuspid regurgitation ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #a4c
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
disorders: - Aortic ... - Aortic sclerosis ... (both heart valve ... • Mitral Stenosis ... Pathophysiology #causes #cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
stenosis Rheumatic heart ... (vegetations)/tumor ... (left atrial myxoma ... )/ball valve thrombus ... #cardiology
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
acceleration time; Ao = aorta ... Doppler imaging; IVC ... tricuspic valve ... #Echocardiogram ... RightVentricular #Cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
and mitral regurgitation ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... tumor embolism ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
- Rheumatic heart ... plane into left atrium ... valve - Secondary ... #Mitral #Regurgitation ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

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

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and mitral regurgitation ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Paradoxical emboli via ASD ... tumor embolism ... #Diagnosis #cardiology