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Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... Pt had mitral valve ... replacement valve the leaflets ... the anterior MV leaflet ... #MitralValve #Endocarditis
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
regurgitation: • Leaflet ... fever, Infective endocarditis ... fever, Infective endocarditis ... Thrombus formation, Leaflet ... regurgitation: • Leaflet
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Pulmonary Stenosis Mitral ... Regurgitation - Leaflet ... Marfan's Disease Mitral ... Fever • Trauma Mitral ... Regurgitation - Leaflet
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Infective/marantic endocarditis ... fibroelastic disease): Leaflets ... because of MV leaflet ... Ischemic MR: MV leaflet ... mid-portion of anterior leaflet
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... fusion, thick MV leaflets ... chordae Severe mitral ... dysplastic MV leaflets ... disease Infective endocarditis
Mitral Regurgitation - Carpentier Functional Classification
Type I - Normal leaflet motion
Type II - Excess leaflet motion
Mitral Regurgitation ... Type I - Normal leaflet ... Type II - Excess leaflet ... motion (leaflet ... during systole #Mitral
Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation on Echocardiogram
A typical ischemic MR:  the restricted posterior mitral leaflet motion (posterolateral
Ischemic Mitral ... restricted posterior mitral ... leaflet motion ... with posterior leaflet ... #Ischemic #Mitral
Mitral flail leaflet on Echocardiogram (TEE)

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#flail #leaflet #mitralvalve #tee #Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology
Mitral flail leaflet ... Ivan_Echocardio #flail #leaflet
Mitral Valve Regurgitation - Carpentier Classification
Type I - Normal Leaflet Motion
   - Type la
Mitral Valve Regurgitation ... Type I - Normal Leaflet ... - Type lb - Leaflet ... II - Increased Leaflet ... - Type II - Leaflet
Prosthetic Mitral Valve Endocarditis - No bueno!

- Dr. Said Alsidawi @AlsidawiMD

#Prosthetic #MitralValve #Endocarditis #Echocardiogram #POCUS #Clinical
Prosthetic Mitral ... Valve Endocarditis ... #MitralValve #Endocarditis