European Journal of Heart Failure

APRIL 17, 2024

The interplay of MR and HFpEF: understanding increased pulmonary pressures and strategies for management. HFpEF, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; MR, mitral valve regurgitation. Abstract Mitral regurgitation (MR) is highly prevalent among patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

BACKGROUND:Patients with only moderate atrial secondary mitral regurgitation (asMR) frequently develop heart failure (HF). Although mild/moderate primary mitral regurgitation is compensated by left ventricular (LV) dilatation, the LV is not dilated in asMR. Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Ahead of Print.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Methods and Results This case report discusses a 65-year-old man who had previously undergone pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) and cavo-tricuspid isthmus ablation for atrial fibrillation before ASD closure, respectively. He developed atrial tachycardia (AT) and underwent catheter ablation.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

APRIL 14, 2024

Though there are several parameters for evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function by echocardiography, the most commonly used are the pulsed Doppler mitral E/A ratio and tissue Doppler mitral E/e’ ratio. Doppler interrogation of mitral valve is usually done from the apex through the apical four chamber view.

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Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Right from the days we entered medical schools, severe mitral stenosis was defined by less than 1 cm² MVO by echocardiography. The bottom line is, we should not miss a functionally significant mitral stenosis, strictly adhering to the anatomical 1 cm² cut-off. El Sabbagh A, Low-Gradient Severe Mitral Stenosis J Am Heart Assoc.

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DAIC

JULY 17, 2024

a company focused on cellular and cell-derived therapeutics for the treatment of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases announced that the Unites States Patent Office has granted Patent No: 12,036,371 titled “Method of Accessing the Left Atrium with a Multi-Directional Steerable Catheter,” with a patent term that will expire in 2035.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 12, 2013

He was in acute distress from pulmonary edema, with a BP of 180/110, pulse 110. He had diffuse crackles on exam and B-lines on chest ultrasound, and chest x-ray also confirmed pulmonary edema. The hypertension alone is the likely etiology of the pulmonary edema. He had no chest pain. Is this acute STEMI?

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

JANUARY 28, 2024

Abstract Introduction Some previous studies have reported that a first-step ethanol infusion into the vein of Marshall (EIVOM) with touch-up radiofrequency (RF) ablation can facilitate mitral isthmus (MI) block and improves the ablation outcomes in persistent atrial fibrillation (PeAF) patients.

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Heart BMJ

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Clinical introduction A woman in her 30s, a case of rheumatic mitral stenosis status post balloon mitral valvuloplasty 15 years prior, presented to urgent care with palpitations and dyspnoea for 1 week. Echocardiography demonstrated severe calcific mitral stenosis with pulmonary hypertension.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

MARCH 30, 2024

This is the schematic diagram of the heart in which you can see right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle, aorta and pulmonary artery. Unlike the valves on the left side like the mitral and aortic, right sided valves can have some leak. Similarly, another right sided valve is the pulmonary valve.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

MARCH 30, 2024

Transcript of video: Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome is a very severe form of congenital heart disease, in which, the left ventricle, aorta and mitral and aortic valves are hypoplastic and valves may be atretic as well. A Gore-Tex tube is used and this maintains, this is a Blalock-Taussig shunt, which maintains pulmonary circulation.

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Heart BMJ

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Objectives The estimation of systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP) by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is challenging in patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR). The two principal indications were TR (34.3%) and mitral regurgitation (32.2%). years old; male 56%).

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 17, Issue 10 , Page e017514, October 1, 2024.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

JANUARY 5, 2024

We investigated whether estimated perimitral conduction time (E-PMCT), namely, twice the time between coronary sinus (CS) pacing and the ensuing wave-front collision at the opposite side of the mitral annulus, correlated with the cycle length of PMAT and could predict future PMAT.

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Heart BMJ

MARCH 12, 2024

Clinical introduction A woman in her mid-40s with a recent diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (on rivaroxaban) presented to the emergency room with dyspnea and fatigue. CT revealed stable pulmonary emboli compared with prior imaging, along with a new splenic infarct. Infectious workup was unrevealing.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

D-Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a rare congenital heart defect where the pulmonary artery originates from the left ventricle (LV) and the aorta from the right ventricle (RV).

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MIBHS

JANUARY 4, 2023

The bicuspid or mitral valve is the left atrioventricular valve is. The pulmonary semilunar valve is between the right ventricle and the pulmonary trunk. Several major arteries and veins include: The pulmonary artery transports blood with low levels of oxygen and high levels of carbon dioxide to the lungs.

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HeartRhythm

MARCH 20, 2024

We would like to express our gratitude to Dr. Bergonti for the valuable points of discussion regarding our manuscript Repeat pulmonary vein isolation and anterior line ablation using a novel point-by-point pulsed-field ablation system.1 1 We too have read his work on RF ablation of the anterior line with great interest.2

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

MARCH 21, 2024

Normally, the main pulmonary artery segment will be concave and left atrial appendage region also will be not prominent. So that is why we see straightening of left border, typically heard of in mitral stenosis with left atrial enlargement and mild pulmonary hypertension. Those are not very clear in this picture.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

APRIL 10, 2024

Cardiovascular neurocristopathy, i.e., cardiopathy and vasculopathy, associated with the NCC could occur in the form of (1) cardiac septation disorders, mainly the aortico-pulmonary septum; (2) great vessels and vascular disorders; (3) myocardial dysfunction; and (4) a combination of all three phenotypes.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

MARCH 18, 2024

This is the aortic valve in closed position and mitral valve also appears to be closed in position. From the images you do not know whether the mitral valve is really fully closed or almost about to be closed. You require multiple views to see from where the pulmonary arteries are arising. This could be a conus tissue.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

APRIL 8, 2024

Sudden breathlessness at night in those with known heart disease is usually due to collection of fluid in the lungs (pulmonary edema). During day time, when one is walking about, any extra fluid in the body tends to collect in the legs, due to the effect of gravity.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Among these, a fistula between the left anterior descending artery and the pulmonary artery is the rarest variant, comprising about 17% of all coronary artery fistula cases.Case:A 54-year-old male, with a known history of atrial fibrillation and hypertension, presented to our emergency department with non-rotatory dizziness.

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Open Heart

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Results Correction of severe AS by TAVR significantly reduced the proportion of patients suffering from concurrent severe mitral regurgitation (from 9.29% to 3.64%, p value: 0.0015). Moreover, pulmonary artery pressures were ameliorated (estimated systolic pulmonary artery pressure: from 47.2±15.8 ±15.8 ±15.1

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The American Journal of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Publication date: Available online 21 November 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Giulia Masiero, Federico Arturi, Elisa Boscolo Soramio, Luca Nai Fovino, Tommaso Fabris, Francesco Cardaioli, Andrea Panza, Giulia Lorenzoni, Massimo Napodano, Chiara Fraccaro, Giuseppe Tarantini

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Commonly employed empiric strategies for catheter ablation (CA) of refractory atrial fibrillation (AF) beyond pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) include posterior wall isolation (PWI), linear ablation involving left atrial (LA) roof and mitral lines, as well as targeting of areas of low voltage / myopathy.

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HeartRhythm

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is the cornerstone of atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation for which the left atrium (LA) is usually accessed by the antegrade femoral venous route and transseptal puncture. However, in rare cases, alternative routes must be used to overcome anatomical challenges (congenital or acquired).

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

JANUARY 28, 2024

Abstract Objective To evaluate the progression of electrophysiological phenomena in atrial fibrillation (AF) and elucidate the association between the left atrial conduction velocity (LACV) and AF recurrence after pulmonary vein isolation. The left atrium was mapped using a 20-pole electrode catheter combined with the CARTO3 system.

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Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

APRIL 18, 2024

We know a small ASD decompresses mitral stenosis, and the combination of ASD and MS, Lutembacher, is a well-known syndrome called Lutembacher. This is to create a small regulatory orifice in the IAS ( A complicated term for a small ASD ) to decompress the LA and reduce pulmonary congestive symptoms. JAMA Cardiol.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

APRIL 4, 2024

Tracing in the lower part is tissue Doppler imaging from the medial mitral annulus. Opening and closing movements of the aortic and mitral valves are visible. The aorta, right ventricular outflow tract and pulmonary artery up to its bifurcation is imaged in the upward angulation shown in the left panel.

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BoardVitals - Cardiovascular

MAY 1, 2017

While the first one may radiate to the axilla and base, but usually not into the neck, it does reflect both aortic outflow obstruction and mitral regurgitation in patients with a large gradient.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

MARCH 20, 2024

When there is ectopy, there is a chance for spurious mitral regurgitation to occur during left ventriculography. While standard pigtail catheter is mainly used on the left side, Grollman PA is a catheter used for pulmonary angiography, on the right side. So it is used both diagnostically as well as therapeutically.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The RFCs were much more successful at classifying murmurs from the pulmonary and tricuspid valves (AUROC = 0.83 and 0.78, respectively) when compared with the aortic and mitral valves (AUROC = 0.72 All RFC models were evaluated using the area under their receiver operating characteristic curves (AUROCs). and 0.65, respectively).

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

MARCH 30, 2024

The cyanosis in Ebstein’s anomaly, is usually not due to pulmonary hypertension, but because tricuspid regurgitation jet is directed across the atrial septal defect. This distance, between the anterior mitral leaflet and septal tricuspid leaflet, is usually only about 5 mm during echocardiography.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 26, 2017

Low LV filling pressures are due to several etiologies, most commonly due to volume depletion (dehydration or hemorrhage), but also due to other etiologies including, but not limited to: mitral stenosis, pulmonary hypertension (chronic, or due to pulmonary embolism), or poor RV performance.

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Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

DECEMBER 29, 2023

A subset of NSTEMI precipitated by acute severe HT and flash pulmonary edema has excellent prognosis if BP is reduced promptly. Global ST depression (AVR.V1 might show little elevation with considerable overlap of left main STEMI vs NSTEMI ) 2.Onset Onset of NSTEMI-CS occurs late (48-72 hrs) 3.Severe

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Early Career

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This year's Boot Camp covered training in cardiopulmonary bypass skills, vessel anastomosis, diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopies, open pulmonary lobectomy, TAVR, and wire skills.

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