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Aortic valve prolapse with significant regurgitation on Echocardiogram

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#Aortic #Valve #aorta #prolapse #regurgitation
Aortic valve prolapse ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... #regurgitation ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Quadricuspid Aortic Valve on Cardiac MRI with Severe Aortic Regurgitation
54 yo/ severe aortic regurgitation.  CMR
Quadricuspid Aortic Valve ... on Cardiac MRI ... quadricuspid aortic valve ... with partial fusion ... CardiacMRI #clinical #cardiology
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Causes of Severe ... Acute Infective Endocarditis ... Acute Prosthetic Valve ... Infection: Infective Endocarditis ... #cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
sclerosis (both heart valve ... of developing atrial ... mmHg developed atrial ... • Infective Endocarditis ... #cardiology
Typical mitral valve prolapse with an eccentric jet hugging the left atrial wall (Coanda effect). TTE
Typical mitral valve ... hugging the left atrial ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... aortic and mitral regurgitation ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Marantic: Emboli > Regurgitation ... #management #cardiology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Infective/marantic endocarditis ... degeneration/MV prolapse ... plane into left atrium ... parachute mitral valve ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Angiography or Cardiac ... - Most Common Cause ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... surgery, endocarditis ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Diagnosis Algorithm Cardiac ... Cardiomyopathy - Valves ... • Tricuspid Regurgitation ... Primary Pulmonary Arterial ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
failure • Mitral valve ... prolapse • Pacemaker-mediated ... Severe mitral regurgitation ... Mechanical prosthetic valve ... #Palpitations #Cardiology