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ASE Echocardiographic Assessment of Valve Stenosis
 • Aortic Valve Stenosis
 • Mitral Valve Stenosis
 • Tricuspid
StenosisAortic ... Valve Stenosis ... • Mitral Valve ... #Stenosis #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #diagnosis
Mitral Valve Vegetations on Echocardiogram

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

Surgery may be considered in pts with large (>15 mm) isolated
Mitral Valve Vegetations ... 15 mm) isolated aortic ... #Vegetations #endocarditis ... #Mitral #Valve ... clinical #cardiology #pocus
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
- Differential Diagnosis ... Mitral Regurgitation ... Marfan's Disease Mitral ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Severe Aortic Stenosis on POCUS

Calcified Aortic valve leaflets with minimal opening. LVH likely secondary to AS
Severe Aortic Stenosis ... Aortic valve leaflets ... #Stenosis #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... Clinical #Cardiology #AorticValve
Aortic Valve Chordae Tendinae causing Aortic Regurgitation
In cases of significant aortic regurgitation without endocarditis or significant
Aortic Valve Chordae ... regurgitation without endocarditis ... are rare, but cause ... @the_gelf #AorticValve ... #clinical #pocus
ASE Echocardiography Guidelines for Evaluation of Valvular Regurgitation
 • Aortic Valve
 • Mitral Valve
 • Tricuspid
Regurgitation • Aortic ... ValveMitral ... Regurgitation #Echocardiogram ... #POCUS #diagnosis ... cardiology #criteria #POCUS
24 yo M sent from clinic to ED for + blood cultures. POCUS shows aortic valve
POCUS shows aortic ... valve vegetation ... #Echocardiogram ... Cardiac #PLAX #AorticValve ... #Endocarditis #
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... Plane, e.g., LAX, SAX ... Visualized, e.g., Mitral ... valve (MV), Aortic ... #Nomenclature #POCUS
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... disease Infective endocarditis ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... #stenosis #Causes ... #diagnosis #differential