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Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
and Secondary Causes ... regurgitation: • Leaflet ... • Prosthetic valve ... annulus valve: ... diagnosis #cardiology #causes
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... Pt had mitral valve ... a replacement valve ... the leaflets shouldn ... the anterior MV 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 ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve
Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Prosthetic Heart Valves - INR Targets
Mechanical Valve - Duration Lifelong
INR 3.0:
INR 3.0: • Any mitral ... valve prosthesis ... • Aortic valve ... prosthesis (bileaflet ... months • Aortic or Mitral
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
fibroelastic disease): Leaflets ... because of MV leaflet ... valve - Secondary ... Ischemic MR: MV leaflet ... mid-portion of anterior 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
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Regurgitation - Leaflet ... Regurgitation - Leaflet ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
3T Cardiac MRI of Barlow's mitral valve disease demonstrating classic prolapse (thickened leaflets >5 mm), mitral
MRI of Barlow's mitral ... valve disease demonstrating ... prolapse (thickened leaflets ... >5 mm), mitral ... expansion of the mitral
Isolated cleft in the posterior mitral valve leaflet can be a cause of unexplained mitral regurgitation
the posterior mitral ... valve leaflet can ... be a cause of unexplained ... mitral regurgitation ... #mitralvalve #leaflet
Lymphoma infiltration in mitral valve on Echocardiogram
A case from my archive... interesting. Lymphoma infiltration in mitral
infiltration in mitral ... A case from my ... infiltration in mitral ... valve. ... patient went to mitral