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Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated aortic
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... #Valve #psax #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram (PLAX)

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... #Valve #plax #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Direct: Clot (LV ... ), Valve (Vegetation ... embolization Wlo LV ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
endocarditis (vegetations ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... thrombus - When ... stenosis #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential #cardiology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Vegetations seen ... valve - Secondary ... produced by LV ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
sclerosis (both heart valve ... : • Acute Coronary ... Endocarditis • Mitral ... Regurgitation • Mitral ... Pathophysiology #causes #cardiology
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... What are the next POCUS ... considered (principally vegetation ... are all of some value ... A4C #clinical #cardiology
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... What are the next POCUS ... considered (principally vegetation ... are all of some value ... PSAX #clinical #cardiology
Pickelhaube Sign on Echocardiogram
Pickelhaube sign may be seen in mitral valve prolapse (MVP): High velocity (≥
valve prolapse ... adjacent posterobasal LV ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #cardiology #clinical ... #diagnosis
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
JVD, Orthopnea/PND ... ECG is vital while ... may benefit from LV ... cath if acute coronary ... algorithm #management #cardiology