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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 ... the leaflets shouldn ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #plax
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
and Secondary Causes ... • Prosthetic valve ... annulus valve: ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes #primary
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 ... atrial myxoma)/ball valve ... #differential #cardiology
Tricuspid Valve Papillary Fibroelastoma on Echocardiogram

Tricuspid valve papillary fibroelastoma attached to the posterior leaflet (from the
Tricuspid Valve ... the posterior leaflet ... #a4c #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Papillary muscle rupture on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C - Labeled

I colorized this POCUS to make it
Echocardiogram - A4C ... causing catastrophic mitral ... valve failure. ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... #clinical #cardiology
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Regurgitation - Leaflet ... Regurgitation - Papillary ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology ... #causes
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
because of MV leaflet ... - MV or LV papillary ... valve - Secondary ... displacement of papillary ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Lymphoma infiltration in mitral valve on Echocardiogram
A case from my archive... interesting. Lymphoma infiltration in mitral
infiltration in mitral ... A case from my ... Echocardiogram #clinical #pocus ... #plax #psax #a4c ... #cardiology
Pickelhaube Sign on Echocardiogram
Pickelhaube sign may be seen in mitral valve prolapse (MVP): High velocity (≥
posteromedial papillary ... myxomatous prolapsing leaflets ... causes the adjacent ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #cardiology #clinical
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 ... Echocardiogram #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #doppler