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Author(s): Jonathan N Johnson , Frank Cetta Added: 3 years ago
The last 60 years have seen significant changes in the care of congenital heart disease for both pediatric and adult patients. Increasing patient survival rates have widened the number and scope of potential patients seen by congenital cardiologists.1 These patients often undergo multiple surgeries, particularly since few lesions are truly ‘repaired.’ The majority of patients will have residua or… View more
Author(s): Tamar S Polonsky , Victor Mor-Avi , Roberto M Lang Added: 3 years ago
Cardiac imaging has become fully integrated in the management of patients, with echocardiography being the most widely used modality. Two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE) offers a detailed assessment of ventricular function, valvular pathology, and hemodynamics, but its comprehensiveness is limited by the fact that images represent a single plane, and may thus inadequately represent a heart… View more
Author(s): Tamar S Polonsky , Victor Mor-Avi , Roberto M Lang Added: 3 years ago
Cardiac imaging has become fully integrated in the management of patients, with echocardiography being the most widely used modality. Two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE) offers a detailed assessment of ventricular function, valvular pathology, and hemodynamics, but its comprehensiveness is limited by the fact that images represent a single plane, and may thus inadequately represent a heart… View more
Author(s): Praveen Rao , Olusegun Olusesi , Mitchell Faddis Added: 3 years ago
It is presumed that the pathogenesis of stroke in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients is due to embolization of thrombus from the left atrium. Within the left atrium, the left atrial appendage is the predominant site of thrombus formation. In a study of 233 patients with new onset AF of greater than 48 hours in duration who were not anticoagulated, left atrial appendage thrombus was present in 15 %… View more