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Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Ring fracture, Thrombus ... Myocardial infarction, Dilated ... annulus valve: Dilated ... Regurgitation #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Large left atrial thrombus in mitral stenosis

Mitral stenosis with near total disruption of mitral inflow by
Large left atrial thrombus ... with near total ... large left atrial thrombus ... #clinical #cardiology ... #echocardiogram
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... calcification - Age-related ... myxoma)/ball valve thrombus ... Causes #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
• Parasternal Short-Axis ... View • PSAX: Mitral ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Pericarditis on Echocardiogram ... A 55-year-old ... pericarditis: (A) a dilated ... , (B) a septal mitral ... pocus #clinical #cardiology
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) at the level of the Aortic Valve

Phased array transducer; parasternal short axis/indicator
Parasternal Short ... shoulder, footprint tilted ... #Axis #PSAX #echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... POCUS #labeled #anatomy
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
(or thrombi); RV ... Dilated RV with ... arrows) parasternal short ... cmls) #TTE #Echocardiogram ... RightVentricular #Cardiology
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
Heart Disease - Mitral ... Stenosis on Echocardiogram ... cardiac chambers dilated ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #thrombus
Apical 2-Chamber (A2C) Window on POCUS Echocardiogram

Helpful to distinguish anterior and inferior regional wall motion abnormalities.
Window on POCUS Echocardiogram ... EF -> visible mural ... thrombus (star) ... #clinical #anatomy ... #cardiology
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
Doppler to localize tear ... • Typically ↑ mitral ... • Stasis and thrombus ... associated with thrombus ... #differential #