Multimodal Imaging and Management of a Metastatic Cardiac Intimal Sarcoma.

• Echocardiography is the modality of choice for initial cardiac tumor diagnosis. • CMR aids in tissue characterization, perfusion assessment, and delineating anatomy. • Intimal sarcomas are the most common primary cardiac sarcomas.

Acute Coronary Syndromes Among Patients with Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.

Purpose Of Review: Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) often occur in individuals with prior coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Our goal was to describe the prevalence, clinical characteristics, prognosis, and treatment strategies in this group of patients.

Recent Findings: Studies demonstrate that both acute and long-term major adverse cardiovascular outcomes are increased in patients with ACS and prior CABG compared to those without CABG.

Importance of End-Diastolic Rather than End-Systolic Right Atrial Size in Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension.

Background: Right atrial (RA) enlargement has been associated with worse clinical outcomes in chronic pulmonary hypertension (cPH) patients. Even though current guidelines only recommend measurement of RA dimensions at the end of ventricular systole in these patients, there is paucity of information regarding the potential utility of RA dimensions obtained at the end of ventricular diastole.

Methods: In this retrospective study, standard echocardiographic data were collected from 80 studies.