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Degenerated Left Atrial Myxoma on Echocardiogram (PLAX)
A 68-year-old gentleman with progressive shortness of breath and cystic
Degenerated Left Atrial ... cystic mass in left atrium ... Final diagnosis ... was degenerated LA ... #Degenerated #Atrial
Cor triatriatum

Congenital anomaly: heart with three atria
Either LA or RA can be divided into 2 compartments
heart with three atria ... Either LA or RA ... triatriatum dextrum) #Diagnosis
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
flow progression, LA ... : left atrium, PASP ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
relaxation time; LA ... , left atrium; LV ... diameter; RA, right atrium ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
diastolic (during atrial ... inferior vena cava; LA ...  = left atrium; ... ventricle; RA = right atrium ... Transthoracic #Diagnosis
Severe Left Atrial Enlargement on Echocardiogram
Have you ever seen a left atrium this big!?!? 
LA diameter
Severe Left Atrial ... ever seen a left atrium ... LA diameter > 7 ... officialdrk12 #Left #Atrial
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
plane into left atrium ... MR from dilated LA ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Supraventricular Tachycardias - Pathophysiology
Conduction pathways through SA Node, Atrium, AV Node, Bundle of His, and Ventricle
through SA Node, Atrium ... Tachycardia • Atrial ... Tachycardia • Atrial ... Flutter • Atrial ... Pathophysiology #SVT #diagnosis
Differentiating PAH from PVH - Echocardiography
Pulmonary Artery Hypertension (PAH):
 • RV size - Enlarged
 • LA
- Enlarged • LA ... - Small • RA/LA ... - Large • RA/LA ... Echocardiogram #comparison #diagnosis ... cardiology #pulmonary #arterial
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis ... tachycardia • Atria ... : Premature Atrial ... Flutter (AFL), Atrial ... #Differential #Diagnosis