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Hypertension

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Introduction Hypertension is one of the most common medical diagnoses, and also one of the most well studied. Hypertension rarely causes any symptoms in its own right, but is clinically…

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Echocardiogram showing vegetation on the tricuspid valve in Infective Endocarditis

Infective Endocarditis

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Introduction Infective Endocarditis (IE) is a condition caused by infection of the endocardium by bacteria, or very rarely, fungus. It most commonly affects the heart valves (natural or prosthetic), but…

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The heart during systole indicating mitral regurgitation

Mitral Regurgitation

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Introduction Mitral regurgitation can be cause be either a primary valve disorder, or can be secondary to left ventricular dysfunction. In the developed world, most cases are due to degenerative…

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Viral myocarditis on histology. This sample was taken at post-mortem, but occasionally biopsies will be taken from patients during the diagnostic work-up. This file is taken from wikimedia commons and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Myocarditis

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Introduction Myocarditis is an inflammation of the myocardial layer of heart muscle. Myo=muscle, card=heart, itis=inflammation. The heart wall is made of 3 layers: Endocardium (layer of endothelium & connective tissue lining…

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Overview of Heart Murmurs

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The Sounds Descriptions Information on Heart Murmurs - Click for full size Eponymous signs of aortic regurgitation Name Sign Austin Flint Murmur Mid-diastolic murmur in the absence of mitral stenosis…

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