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Mechanical Valve Dehiscence - Leaflet Malfunction on Fluoroscopy

Dr Gopalan Rajesh @DrRajeshG1

#Mechanical #Valve #Dehiscence #Leaflet #Malfunction #clinical
Mechanical Valve ... Dehiscence - Leaflet ... #Mechanical #Valve ... #Dehiscence #Leaflet ... #Malfunction #clinical
Mitral Valve Endocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram
66 yo presents with petechiae to lower extremities. Pt had mitral
Mitral Valve Endocarditis ... Pt had mitral valve ... the leaflets shouldn ... the anterior MV leaflet ... Echocardiogram #clinical
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
and Secondary Causes ... regurgitation: • Leaflet ... • Prosthetic valve ... Mitral annulus valve ... diagnosis #cardiology #causes
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... fusion, thick MV leaflets ... dysplastic MV leaflets ... and restricted leaflets ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
fibroelastic disease): Leaflets ... because of MV leaflet ... parachute mitral valve ... Ischemic MR: MV leaflet ... mid-portion of anterior leaflet
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Causes of Severe ... Diagnosis Acute: • Leaflet ... Acute Prosthetic Valve ... Root Chronic - Leaflet ... Degeneration, Prosthetic Valve
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Regurgitation - Leaflet ... Regurgitation - Leaflet ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Endocarditis Algorithm - Infective vs Noninfective Causes
Noninfective:
 • Malignancy
 • Autoimmune disease
 • Systemic infection
Native Valve
Endocarditis Algorithm ... vs Noninfective Causes ... infection Native Valve ... #Endocarditis #Algorithm ... #Noninfective #Causes
Parasternal Short axis, fan proximal and look for Aortic Valve in a plane shows all three
look for Aortic Valve ... shows all three leaflets ... Echocardiogram #POCUS #Clinical
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram

Ebstein anomaly. The tricuspid valve is ALWAYS more apically displaced than the mitral
and posterior TV leaflets ... of the anterior leaflet ... commonest congenital cause ... where the septal leaflet ... Anomaly #POCUS #clinical