✨ASD in the elderly - A thread 🧵 1/6
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🧩70y 👵🏽, previous MI, NYHA II, lipotimia.
On a transthoracic #echofirst:
ASD ostium secundum + moderate AR / mild-to-moderate MR
Qp:Qs = 1.3:1 (reliable?🤔)
EF 64%
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Understanding Transducer Movements in Transthoracic Echo (TTE)
Accurate echocardiographic imaging depends heavily on how the transducer is manipulated on the chest wall. This image illustrates 3 essential movements:
(A) Tilting in place changes the angle of the ultrasound beam,…
Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA):
This image compares normal anatomy, congenitally corrected TGA (cc-TGA), and dextro-TGA (d-TGA).
- In cc-TGA, the heart “self-corrects” with AV & VA discordance, but RV supports systemic flow—leading to long-term dysfunction, valve…
Although rare, aortic valve stenosis can coexist with HCM with obstruction.
We present 3 patients with concomitant AS and HCM with obstruction to highlight diagnostic challenges via echo and emphasize approaches to overcoming limitations. bit.ly/3EvhVM7@CASEfromASE
🌟Interesting case!
✅Apical view - simulates a tumor❓ 😳
⚡️Think outside of the box - comprehensive #Echofirst + UEA will do the job 😃
🌟Pseudoaneurysm related to RCA
After placement of coated RCA stents - only UEA could see clearly a residual leak, and a new stent was…
👇ECG and PAC/EAT Localization (Part 4 and Final): Septal PAC/EAT👇
👉 A biphasic P wave in multiple leads suggests that the PAC/AT originates from the atrial septum (consider the CS ostium, para-Hisian region, non-coronary cusp, and fossa ovalis).
👉 This amazing post was…
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