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Pulmonary vascular disease

How to suspect pulmonary vascular disease ?!  Here are some useful points: - Estimation of systolic pulmonary pressure - Pulmonary artery size and doppler - Right atrium / ventricle and..

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Tricuspid valve prolapse

        Pierluigi Incarnato,  TFCPC Cardiovascular and Abdominal Techinician Sonographer, Cardiac Physiologist at San Michele Nursing Home (Italy)    

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Case report: Obstructive accessory mitral valve tissue

Case report Obstructive accessory mitral valve tissue in an adult patient. Background Accessory mitral valve tissue AMVT is a rare congenital Cardiac malformation that sometimes causes left ventricular outflow tract..

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Perimembranous interventricular or ventricular cone septal defect

        Pierluigi Incarnato,  TFCPC Cardiovascular and Abdominal Techinician Sonographer, Cardiac Physiologist at San Michele Nursing Home (Italy)    

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Barlow, mitral valve prolapse

    Pierluigi Incarnato,  TFCPC Cardiovascular and Abdominal Techinician Sonographer, Cardiac Physiologist at San Michele Nursing Home (Italy)    

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Type A aortic dissection with helical attitude.

Giant aorta from chronic aortic dissection: The true light and false trombised light is appreciated. Furthermore it is possible to observe the breach of entrance which feeds and supplies the..

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Atrial Septal Aneurysm

Type 1R     Type 4LR Pierluigi Incarnato,  TFCPC Cardiovascular and Abdominal Techinician Sonographer, Cardiac Physiologist at San Michele Nursing Home (Italy)    

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Echo signs of Tamponade

  Pierluigi Incarnato,  TFCPC Cardiovascular and Abdominal Techinician Sonographer, Cardiac Physiologist at San Michele Nursing Home (Italy)    

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Cardiac amyloidosis

  Pierluigi Incarnato,  TFCPC Cardiovascular and Abdominal Techinician Sonographer, Cardiac Physiologist at San Michele Nursing Home (Italy)    

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Heart animation

  Pierluigi Incarnato,  TFCPC Cardiovascular and Abdominal Techinician Sonographer, Cardiac Physiologist at San Michele Nursing Home (Italy)    

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Lipomatosis hypertrophy of the interatrial septum

Lipomatosis hypertrophy of the interatrial septum▫️ is a rare and benign cardiac pathology characterized by the accumulation of adipose tissue; according to some studies, performed on autopsy findings, it constitutes..

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Bicuspid valve Type II

Bicuspid valve Type 2 without Rafe, with formation of bacterial endocarditis.   Pierluigi Incarnato,  TFCPC Cardiovascular and Abdominal Techinician Sonographer, Cardiac Physiologist at San Michele Nursing Home (Italy)    

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Normal MV vs replacement MV

How do we know something is normal if we haven't seen the abnormality first? Normal MV vs a metallic MV replacement.   The echo lady; Lorena De Vanna, is a..

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Mural thrombus

Are most commonly seen between six and 10 days following an acute myocardial infarction (MI). They occur at the left ventricular apex and are more common following an anterior wall..

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Aortic Dissection

Aortic dissection is when the weakened wall of the aorta tears, causing blood to leak between the layers that makes up the wall. This can happen suddenly or slowly over..

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Dilated aortic root

A dilated aortic root is when the first section of the aorta, where the aortic valve resides, becomes enlarged. When this enlargement reaches a critical size, there is a risk..

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Normal Ao valve vs calcified Ao Valve

Normal aortic valve opening properly Vs a heavily calcified aortic valve with severe stenosis.   The echo lady; Lorena De Vanna, is a cardiac and respiratory physiologist graduated from the..

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Left ventricular (LV) hypertrabeculation

Left ventricular (LV) hypertrabeculation is defined by the presence of three or more trabeculations apically and up to the level of papillary muscles, seen in one echocardiographic view. It can..

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Measuring right atrial area

  The echo lady; Lorena De Vanna, is a cardiac and respiratory physiologist graduated from the Central University of Venezuela. She currently holds British Society of Echocardiography accreditation and works..

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Constrictive pericarditis

52 years old male patient with constrictive pericarditis after a CABG in 2018. Constrictive pericarditis is a potentially curable condition caused by a variety of situations which result in inflamed,..

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Septal occluder

Septal Occluder is a percutaneous, transcatheter, atrial septal defect closure device intended for the occlusion of atrial septal defects (ASD). ⠀ Patients indicated for ASD closure have echocardiographic evidence of..

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A Continuous Murmur as the Only Clinical Sign for Complex Coronary Artery Fistulas Diagnosis

Abstract An asymptomatic patient presented at our hospital exhibiting a Brugada electrocardiography pattern with coronary artery fistulas. Coronary artery fistula is a congenital or acquired rare abnormal condition with increased..

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Lipoprotein(a) is robustly associated with aortic valve calcium

Abstract Objectives To investigate the prevalence and quantity of aortic valve calcium (AVC) in two large cohorts, stratified according to age and lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)), and to assess the association between Lp(a)..

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Multimodality Imaging Assessment of Myocardial Fibrosis

Abstract Myocardial fibrosis, seen in ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathies, is associated with adverse cardiac outcomes. Noninvasive imaging plays a key role in early identification and quantification of myocardial fibrosis with..

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Mechanisms and Models in Heart Failure

Abstract Despite multiple attempts to develop a unifying hypothesis that explains the pathophysiology of heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), no single conceptual model has withstood the test..

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Anteroposterior Contraction of the Systemic Right Ventricle: Underrecognized Component of the Global Systolic Function

Abstract Accurate echocardiographic evaluation of the systemic  is challenging because of its specific morphology and contraction patterns. We present a detailed multimodality assessment of the systemic right ventricle, analyze the relative..

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Validating "RESP" and "PRESERVE" A single practice ECMO for Covid-19 experience

This program details the RESP and PRESERVE scores for predicting survival with the use of V-V ECMO in the ARDS patient. The program also details a single practice-multi, center program's..

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Como medir los diámetros del VI - How to measure the LV diameter

            The echo lady; Lorena De Vanna, is a cardiac and respiratory physiologist graduated from the Central University of Venezuela. She currently holds British Society..

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MAPSE

            The echo lady; Lorena De Vanna, is a cardiac and respiratory physiologist graduated from the Central University of Venezuela. She currently holds British Society..

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