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Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Direct: Clot (LV ... ), Valve (Vegetation ... - Most Common Cause ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... endocarditis (vegetations ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... thrombus - When ... #cardiology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
disease: Most common cause ... Vegetations seen ... valve - Secondary ... #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 ... #cardiology
Pickelhaube Sign on Echocardiogram
Pickelhaube sign may be seen in mitral valve prolapse (MVP): High velocity (≥
prolapsing leaflets causes ... 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 ... may benefit from LV ... cath if acute coronary ... the determined cause ... algorithm #management #cardiology