6 results
ASE Echocardiographic Assessment of Valve Stenosis
 • Aortic Valve Stenosis
 • Mitral Valve Stenosis
 • Tricuspid
Valve Stenosis ... • Mitral Valve ... StenosisTricuspid ... Valve Stenosis ... #POCUS #diagnosis
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Fabry's disease, carcinoid ... (vegetations)/tumor ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Tricuspid regurgitation is present on this subxiphoid view of a patient diagnosed with endocarditis. If you
Tricuspid regurgitation ... view of a patient diagnosed ... #cardiology #clinical ... echocardiogram #ultrasound ... #POCUS #S4C
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
stenosis - Infective ... marantic endocarditis/tumors ... valve - Secondary ... vascular disease, carcinoid ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
sclerosis (both heart valve ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Endocarditis • Mitral ... Regurgitation) • Tricuspid ... Stenosis #Widened
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
• Prosthetic valve ... involves aortic and mitral ... Cholesterol emboli syndrome ... Metastatic disease and tumor ... substance use: R > L Tricuspid