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Isolated cleft in the posterior mitral valve leaflet can be a cause of unexplained mitral regurgitation
posterior mitral valve leaflet ... can be a cause ... Isolated #cleft #mitralvalve ... #leaflet #regurgitation
Yet another flail leaflet

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#flail #leaflet #mitralvalve #Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology #pocus
another flail leaflet ... Ivan_Echocardio #flail #leaflet ... #mitralvalve #Echocardiogram
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 ... #mitralvalve #tee
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
replacement valve the leaflets ... the anterior MV leaflet ... #MitralValve #Endocarditis
Mitral Valve Regurgitation - Carpentier Classification
Type I - Normal Leaflet Motion
   - Type la
Type I - Normal Leaflet ... - Type lb - Leaflet ... II - Increased Leaflet ... - Type II - Leaflet ... Classification #MitralValve
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Causes of Primary ... fibroelastic disease): Leaflets ... because of MV leaflet ... Ischemic MR: MV leaflet ... mid-portion of anterior leaflet
3T Cardiac MRI of Barlow's mitral valve disease demonstrating classic prolapse (thickened leaflets >5 mm), mitral
prolapse (thickened leaflets ... Cardiology #CardiacMRI #MitralValve
Mitral Valve Flail leaflet with an eccentric MR jet

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#MitralValve #Flail #leaflet #regurgitation
Mitral Valve Flail leaflet ... Ivan_Echocardio #MitralValve ... #Flail #leaflet
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
and Secondary Causes ... regurgitation: • Leaflet ... Thrombus formation, Leaflet ... regurgitation: • Leaflet ... diagnosis #cardiology #causes
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... - Most common cause ... fusion, thick MV leaflets ... dysplastic MV leaflets ... and restricted leaflets