Striking abdominal aortic stenosis revealing Takayasu's arteritis
Source : https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jeab091
A 22-year-old Caucasian female presented with a 1-year history of systemic hypertension, headache, tinnitus, intermittent abdominal pain, upper and lower limbs
New pathological illuminations on 3D transillumination transesophageal echocardiography imaging
Source : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/echo.15060
Corresponding Author Echocardiography Laboratory, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA Correspondence Tasneem Z Naqvi, MD, FRCP, MMM, Echocardiography Laboratory, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 13400 E...
Aortic stenosis, transcatheter aortic valve replacement and transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis: are we progressively unraveling the tangle?
Source : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejhf.2057
Corresponding Author Cardiovascular Center, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Cotignola (RA), Italy Corresponding author. Chair of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliero‐Universitaria di Ferrara, Ospedale di...
TAVR Treatment Quandaries: What Would You Do?
A fifty-three-year-old male with aortic stenosis presents for cardiothoracic surgical consultation. He reports that he has had increased shortness of breath and soreness in his chest, but he suspected he was tired; he reports that his office called an ambulance after he fainted at work. Patient...
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LYNN CRONIN5yrThere's a lot of missing information here. How severe is the aortic stenosis? What is the ejection fraction? Has there been a cath to rule out epicardial Show More
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Anita Kedia5yrI would obtain a transthoracic echo, abdominal ultrasound and/or CT scan, and LFTs. I would have a seriou discussion with the patient about his alcohol consumption prior to deciding Show More
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Quantitative assessment of aortic regurgitation following transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Source : https://doi.org/10.1080/14779072.2021.1924675
Abstract Introduction: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is expanding to lower risk and younger patients with severe symptomatic aortic valve disease. Despite clinical and technological improvements, post-procedural aortic regurgitation (AR)...