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Cor Triatriatum on Cardiac MRI

- Dr. Anthon Fuisz, MD
@DrFuisz

Cor Triatriatum (or triatrial heart) is a congenital
Triatriatum on Cardiac ... MRI - Dr. ... (or triatrial heart ... #CardiacMRI #Clinical ... #Congenital #Cardiology
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Accordion Sign of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) on Cardiac MRI
30-year old woman with VPCs. Diagnosis?
Classic
Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) on Cardiac ... MRI 30-year old ... Diagnosis? ... shows fatty and fibrous ... #Sign #ARVC #CardiacMRI
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Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... Cardiovascular MRI ... Clinical • ... summation gallop • Abnormal ... shock, sudden cardiac
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... and Causes Clinical ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... Endomyocardial Fibrosis
Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF)
snrunken ventnoes
Hallmark chronic EMF features include:
 • Apical obliteration of the left and/or
enhancement pattern of normal ... ventricles and marked atria ... • Restrictive heart ... #EMF #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
Rheumatic Heart ... Thickened and fibrosed ... (4) All 4 cardiac ... (7) patient in atrial ... #cardiology #a4c
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Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
ancestry, LGE on MRI ... sx overlap with normal ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... Serial TTE and close ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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mortality in inferior MI ... have a low or normal ... CARDIAC POWER OUTPUT ... much as 40% in cardiac ... artery #catheter #diagnosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... Change in clinical ... postoperative cardiac ... CARP, DECREASE V trials ... stratification #diagnosis
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... in AA and AL Cardiac ... disproportionate atrial ... enlargement • MRI ... of the heart GI