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December 2024
Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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December 2024
Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon.
Int J Cardiol Cardiovasc Risk Prev
March 2025
Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore.
Introduction: The severity of mitral stenosis (MS) is commonly assessed using mitral valve area (MVA) measured with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). The dimensionless index (DI) of mitral valve (MV) was recently studied in degenerative MS. We evaluated DI MV in rheumatic MS and studied its relationship with clinical outcomes.
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January 2025
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Our patient presented to the emergency room following a motor vehicle accident. The traumatic tricuspid valve rupture was diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiogram, and his respiratory status declined rapidly. He was placed on veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO) to bridge him to surgical repair.
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January 2025
ARHC/Stroke Service, Naas General Hospital, Naas, Kildare, Ireland.
A woman in her early 60s presented with multiple transient neurological symptoms over the course of 20 months, including transient loss of power to her right lower limb. Initial workup with CT brain scan, carotid dopplers and ECG revealed no abnormality; however, MRI of the brain suggested recent ischaemic events in separate cortical territories. Subsequent transoesophageal echocardiogram revealed a large mobile mass histologically confirmed to be an atrial myxoma.
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