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Causes of Ischemic Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Important to determine and treat the etiology behind because
Causes of Ischemic ... Prosthetic valve • Endocarditis ... • Structural: myxoma ... Non-atherosclerotic: Arterial ... Antiphospholipid syndrome
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... disease Infective endocarditis ... vegetations)/tumor (left atrial ... myxoma)/ball valve ... #differential #cardiology
Left Atrial Myxoma on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C view
Adult female having fatigue/DOE. Attributes to deconditioning. Starts
Left Atrial Myxoma ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Starts exercise ... #Myxoma #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
Left Atrial Myxoma on POCUS Echocardiogram - S4C view
Adult female having fatigue/DOE. Attributes to deconditioning. Starts
Left Atrial Myxoma ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Starts exercise ... #Myxoma #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
Biventricular Myxomas on Echocardiogram

Biventricular Myxomas. Very few case reports are there. Seen in Carney’s

Dr. Gopalan Rajesh
Biventricular Myxomas ... Biventricular Myxomas ... Very few case reports ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #clinical #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... myxoma • Hypercoagulable ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Causes of Severe ... Acute Infective Endocarditis ... Arteritis, Behcet Syndrome ... Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome ... #cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Fibroelastoma), Mass (Myxoma ... - Most Common Cause ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... cardiac surgery, endocarditis ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Physiologic Causes ... Pathologic Causes ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... • Infective Endocarditis ... #cardiology
Left Atrial Appendage Myxoma

All that glitters is not gold. All mass in LAA is not clot.
Left Atrial Appendage ... extremely rare case ... DrRajeshG1 #Left #Atrial ... echocardiogram #pocus ... #cardiology