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Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
and Secondary Causes ... • Prosthetic valve ... valve: Dilated ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes #primary
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
- Leaflet/Annulus ... • Prolapse • Dilated ... • Dilated cardiomyopathy ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Functional Mitral Regurgitation ... parachute mitral valve ... Nonischemic MR: Dilated ... results in MR from dilated ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Mitral valve prolapse and mitral annulus dysjunction on Echocardiogram
(important for arrhythmic risk stratification)

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD
Mitral valve prolapse ... and mitral annulus ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #plax
Dilated Cardiomyopathy on POCUS Echocardiogram

40yo otherwise healthy M presents with 1 wk SOB. His pmd diagnosed
Dilated Cardiomyopathy ... His pmd diagnosed ... #Dilated #Cardiomyopathy ... #Cardiology #clinical ... #PSAX
Isolated cleft in the posterior mitral valve leaflet can be a cause of unexplained mitral regurgitation
posterior mitral valve ... leaflet can be a cause ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #doppler
Double Orifice Mitral Valve in a young M w/ chest pain. Rare congenital anomaly of subvalvular
Orifice Mitral Valve ... can result in regurgitation ... MitralValve #clinical #cardiology ... echocardiogram #pocus ... #PSAX