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Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
and Secondary Causes ... of Mitral Regurgitation ... • Leaflet: Rheumatic ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes #primary
Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation on Echocardiogram
A typical ischemic MR:  the restricted posterior mitral leaflet motion (posterolateral
Regurgitation on ... leaflet motion ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Leaflet/Annulus ... - Leaflet • Prolapse ... • Endocarditis ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
primary mitral regurgitation ... Infective/marantic endocarditis ... mitral regurgitation ... #Mitral #Regurgitation ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Isolated cleft in the posterior mitral valve leaflet can be a cause of unexplained mitral regurgitation
be a cause of unexplained ... mitral regurgitation ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #doppler
Cardiac Findings in Sarcoidosis
Most Commonly Affected Sites:
 - LV free wall (esp. basal posterior wall)
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regurgitation due ... thickening of leaflets ... hypertension Pericardial ... involvement: - Effusion ... #Sarcoidosis #Cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... Commissural fusion ... , thick MV leaflets ... disease Infective endocarditis ... #differential #cardiology
Mitral Regurgitation on Echocardiogram
2-in-1 mitral regurgitation - Excess motion of the anterior leaflet (Carpentier type II)
Mitral Regurgitation ... of the anterior leaflet ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Mitral Valve Flail leaflet with an eccentric MR jet

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#MitralValve #Flail #leaflet #regurgitation
Mitral Valve Flail ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... #regurgitation ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
Pericarditis on POCUS ... could pinpoint the cause ... Also has pericardial ... effusion/pericardial ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology