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Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
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and failure in ... heart failure with ... mechanisms and management ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram
Cor Triatriatum on Echocardiogram

 - EchoTalk Echocardiography
@echotalk

Cor Triatriatum (or triatrial heart) is a congenital heart defect
Triatriatum on Echocardiogram ... (or triatrial heart ... is a congenital heart ... #Echocardiogram ... Clinical #Congenital #Cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... failure • Elevated ... cardiac death Management ... failure therapy ... #Cardiology
ASE Guidelines for the Echocardiographic Assessment of the Right Heart in Adults
 - Chamber Quantification
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Assessment of the Right Heart ... Function - Right Atrium ... , Right Atrial Pressure ... Diastolic Function #Echocardiogram ... #Evaluation #cardiology
TOPCAT - Spironolactone for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

N Engl J Med 2014; 370:1383-1392 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1313731

CONCLUSIONS:
Spironolactone for Heart ... hospitalization for the management ... of heart failure ... #HFpEF #dCHF #Cardiology ... VisualAbstract #Trial
Severe Left Atrial Enlargement on Echocardiogram
Have you ever seen a left atrium this big!?!? 
LA diameter
Severe Left Atrial ... Enlargement on Echocardiogram ... ever seen a left atrium ... Enlargement #Severe #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Heart Failure with ... Ejection Fraction: Management ... relevant Maintain atrial ... sinus rhythm in atrial ... #Cardiology #HFpEF
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
inhibitor; AF, atrial ... failure; HFpEF, ... heart failure with ... ACCAHA #Algorithm #Management ... #Cardiology
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
Guideline for the Management ... of Heart Failure ... American College of Cardiology ... Failure Society ... #HeartFailure #Management
Cor Triatriatum on Cardiac MRI

- Dr. Anthon Fuisz, MD
@DrFuisz

Cor Triatriatum (or triatrial heart) is a congenital
(or triatrial heart ... is a congenital heart ... where the left atrium ... sinistrum) or right atrium ... Clinical #Congenital #Cardiology