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Most common cause of mitral stenosis
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- Rheumatic heart disease
- pure stenosis can occurs but more commonly occurs with insufficiency
- 15-20 year latency
1
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Treatment of ARF
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- high dose sylisylates
- dig for HF
2
Q
Loud S1, opening snap, diastolic murmur
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- mitral stenosis
3
Q
Survival of class III and IV mitral stenosis
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- III: 62% @ 5 years
- IV: 15% @ 5 years
4
Q
Most common valve issue
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Aortic stenosis
- can be: rheumatic (fusion of communal fusion) degenerative, calcification, atherosclerotic
5
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Angina, syncope, HF w/ pulsus parvus, arterial jackhammer pulse, widened pulse pressure, diastolic high pitched murmur, loud systolic ejection murmur
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- aortic insufficiency
