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Mitral Valve Flail leaflet with an eccentric MR jet

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#MitralValve #Flail #leaflet #regurgitation
Mitral Valve Flail ... Ivan_Echocardio #MitralValve ... #regurgitation ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
Isolated cleft in the posterior mitral valve leaflet can be a cause of unexplained mitral regurgitation
posterior mitral valve ... a cause of unexplained ... #leaflet #regurgitation ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
and Secondary Causes ... • Prosthetic valve ... #differential # ... diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes #primary
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Causes of Severe ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Acute ... Diagnosis #Causes ... #cardiology
Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM) of the Mitral Valve (MV)

Systolic anterior motion (SAM) describes the dynamic movement
of the Mitral Valve ... Differential diagnosis ... #Motion #SAM #MitralValve ... #MV #Cardiology ... #Clinical #POCUS
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Functional Mitral Regurgitation ... primary mitral regurgitation ... parachute mitral valve ... #Functional #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Commissural fusion ... , thick MV leaflets ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram

Ebstein anomaly. The tricuspid valve is ALWAYS more apically displaced than the mitral
commonest congenital cause ... of tricuspid regurgitation ... Ebstein #Anomaly #POCUS ... #clinical #Echocardiogram ... #cardiology #a4c
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... sclerosis (both heart valve ... Worse outcomes in CKD ... #causes #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