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Common Imaging Test Uses AI to Help Identify Heart Valve Disease

DAIC

By applying AI to echocardiograms, we can help clinicians more easily detect the signs of heart valve disease so that patients get the care they need as soon as possible. Investigators trained a deep-learning program to flag patterns of tricuspid regurgitation in 47,312 echocardiograms done at Cedars-Sinai between 2011 and 2021.

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Cardiac Abnormalities in Hispanic/Latina Women With Prior De Novo Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy

Hypertension Journal

years at time of echocardiogram. years at time of echocardiogram. Results.The study cohort included 5168 Hispanic/Latina women with an average age (SD) of 58.7 (9.7) Results.The study cohort included 5168 Hispanic/Latina women with an average age (SD) of 58.7 (9.7)

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Changes in heart failure management and long-term mortality over 10 years: observational study

Open Heart

Methods Data for patients aged 18 and over with a new diagnosis of heart failure in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink in 2001–2002 (5966 patients in 156 practices) and 2011–2012 (12 827 patients in 331 practices). in the 2011/2012 cohort), 10-year survival was 20.8%, and 15-year survival 11.1%.

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Pretransplant cardiac stress testing and transplant wait time in kidney transplantation candidates

Open Heart

Methods This is a retrospective cohort study of 22 687 end-stage renal disease patients from 2011 to 2022, within an integrated health system. times higher rate of stress echocardiogram (RR 6.51, 95% CI 5.65 Compared with dialysis patients, transplant patients had a 5.6 to 5.92), a 6.5 to 0.58).

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Abstract TP182: Predictors of Utility of Advanced Cardiac Workup in Revealing Anterior Choroidal Artery Stroke Etiology

Stroke Journal

Advanced cardiac workup (ACW), including transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) and implantable loop recorder (ILR) are widely considered a crucial element in the ESUS work-up. The etiology of AChA infarcts remains poorly understood.

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A 40-something presented after attempted prehospital resuscitation with persistent Ventricular Fibrillation

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Two recent interventions have proven in randomized trials to improve neurologic survival in cardiac arrest: 1) the combination of the ResQPod and the ResQPump (suction device for compression-decompression CPR -- Lancet 2011 ) and 2) Dual Sequential defibrillation. Formal Echocardiogram: Normal left ventricular size and wall thickness.

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Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. Left main? 3-vessel disease? No!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A transthoracic echocardiogram showed an LV EF of less than 15%, critically severe aortic stenosis , severe LVH , and a small LV cavity. Heart 2011; 97 : 838-843 [link] 14. Aortic angiogram did not reveal aortic dissection. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1985;5(3):711-716. Nishimura RA and Otto CM, et al.