cardiology
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Lessons
Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE)
Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) allows cardiologists to visualize cardiac structures (aorta, valves, pulmonary veins, chambers, etc) from an ultrasound catheter usually…
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Mitral Valve Anatomy
The mitral valve (MV) separates the left atrium (LA) and left ventricle (LV). It’s a bileaflet valve composed of an…
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Left Ventricular Pressure-Volume Work Loop With Mechanical Circulatory Support
Mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices allow us to offload myocardial work from the heart, and for the purposes of this…
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Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM) Of The Mitral Valve – Left Ventricular Outflow Tract (LVOT) Obstruction
Left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction is a potentially catastrophic etiology for hypotension due to several etiologies: idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic…
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What Is An Impella?
Impella® is a percutaneous axial heart pump placed retrograde across the aortic valve into the left ventricle (LV) utilizing fluoroscopy…
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