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Left Atrium enlargement
This is a patient with longstanding mitral valve disease and mitral valve replacement.
Extreme dilatation
Left Atrium enlargement ... valve disease and ... mitral valve replacement ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #MVR #LAE
Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM) of the Mitral Valve (MV)

Systolic anterior motion (SAM) describes the dynamic movement
Motion (SAM) of the Mitral ... Valve (MV) Systolic ... valve (MV) during ... Differential diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Clinical
The location of the cardiac valves is best determined on the lateral radiograph.
A line is drawn
tricuspid and mitral ... enlargement of the left atrium ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #MVR #RadiologyAssistant
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
and Functional Mitral ... plane into left atrium ... valve - Secondary ... Primary #Functional #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
), Myxomatous (MVP ... • Prosthetic valve ... annulus valve: ... Regurgitation #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
vegetations)/tumor (left atrial ... myxoma)/ball valve ... stenosis #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential # ... cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
sclerosis (both heart valve ... of developing atrial ... mmHg developed atrial ... Endocarditis • Mitral ... #causes #cardiology
Mitral valve regurgitation is the heart’s version of a plot twist — just when you think
Mitral valve regurgitation ... into the left atrium ... Picture the mitral ... valve as a pair ... Diagnosis by echocardiography
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... heart failure • Mitral ... valve prolapse ... stenosis) • Severe mitral ... #Differential #
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
• Prosthetic valve ... Involves aortic and mitral ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... #management #cardiology