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Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral stenosis ... disease Infective endocarditis ... (vegetations)/tumor ... (left atrial myxoma ... #Causes #diagnosis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... myxoma • Hypercoagulable ... Metastatic disease and tumor ... Diagnosis? ... Abscess, destructive penetrating
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... myxoma • Hypercoagulable ... Metastatic disease and tumor ... Abscess, destructive penetrating