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Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
), Mass (Myxoma, ... - Most Common Cause ... , TEE, CT or MRI ... #diagnosis #differential ... scoring #criteria #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 ... #cardiology
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
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
mitral regurgitation ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... disease and tumor ... ↑ Suspicion -> TEE ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Multi-chamber Myxoma in a case of Carney Complex (CC) on POCUS Echocardiogram
Carney Complex (CC) - characterized
extracardiac myxomatous tumors ... NephroPOCUS @NephroP #Atrial ... #CC #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #plax
Huge mural thrombus occupying 1/3 the LV.
MI effecting [LAD territory]

In PLAX view, The unechoic line between
Huge mural thrombus ... LV. ... and the clot is ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #pocus #a4c
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
mitral regurgitation ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... disease and tumor ... emboli cause injury ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... the context of embolism ... are all of some value ... #Cardiac #LV #Echocardiogram ... #cardiology
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram

Ebstein anomaly. The tricuspid valve is ALWAYS more apically displaced than the mitral
mitral valve. ... congenital cause ... with an atrial ... Ebstein #Anomaly #POCUS ... #cardiology #a4c
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... the context of embolism ... are all of some value ... #Cardiac #LV #Echocardiogram ... PSAX #clinical #cardiology