Items tagged “cardiovascular”
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Case
Anomalous right coronary artery (ARCA) with interarterial course
Published
23 Nov 2010
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Case
Transseptal course of left coronary artery
Published
29 Jan 2011
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CT
Article
Hemoptysis
Hemoptysis (plural: hemoptyses) refers to coughing up of blood. Generally, it appears bright red in color as opposed to blood from the gastrointestinal tract which appears dark red. It is considered an alarming sign of a serious underlying etiology.
Terminology
A variety of clinical classifica...
Article
Normal hepatic vein Doppler
The hepatic veins have a characteristic spectral Doppler waveform. Alterations in the normal hepatic vein waveform may reveal or confirm abnormalities in the heart or liver.
Terminology
The shape of the hepatic vein spectral Doppler waveform is primarily determined by pressure changes in the r...
Article
Transesophageal echocardiography
A standard transesophageal echocardiography (TOE, or TEE in US English) is a type of echocardiography using an endoscopic transducer, which is advanced into the thoracic esophagus, offering generally superior visualization of the great vessels and posterior cardiac structures than the standard t...
Article
Brugada syndrome
A cardiac "channelopathy" resulting from mutations in genes coding for cardiac sodium (Na+) channels, the Brugada syndrome is a common cardiac cause of sudden death in patients with structurally normal hearts.
Epidemiology
Age of diagnosis ranges from 2 days to 84 years old. It is estimated to...
Article
Fetal ventricular tachycardia
A rare entity, fetal ventricular tachycardia presents with a rapid ventricular rate exceeding, and occurring independently from, the atrial rate. The ventricular rate is typically over 180 beats per minute 1. Atrioventricular dissociation is characteristic; two separate pacemakers dictate the a...
Case
Double aortic arch
Published
22 May 2020
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Retroaortic coronary course
A retroaortic course refers to a coronary artery taking its route posteriorly between the non-coronary sinus and the interatrial septum and is considered a ‘benign anomalous course’.
Epidemiology
Associations
Clinical conditions associated with a retroaortic course of a coronary artery includ...
Article
Mitral annular disjunction
Mitral annulus disjunction (MAD) is an anatomic abnormality involving the confluence of the left atrium, mitral valve annulus, and the base of the left ventricle. It is classically associated with the spectrum of myxomatous disease of the mitral valve and mitral valve prolapse (MVP).
Epidemiol...
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Shock
Shock is a pathologic state in which cellular injury results from an inadequate degree of effective tissue perfusion 5. It is commonly subcategorized by hemodynamic parameters into hypovolemic, distributive, cardiogenic, and extracardiac obstructive shock 1. Common causes include hemorrhage, car...
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