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Showing posts with label Echocardiography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Echocardiography. Show all posts
Sunday, June 30, 2024

Dimensionless index or VTI ratio mnemonic for prosthetic aortic and mitr...

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Duty factor mnemonic

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Saturday, March 23, 2024

ACC/AHA Stages of mitral stenosis echocardiographic criteria mnemonic

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Wilkins score grade and mobility mnemonic for rheumatic mitral stenosis

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Wilkins score subvalvular thickening mnemonic for mitral stenosis

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Wilkins score mnemonic for leaflet thickening (Rheumatic mitral stenosis)

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Wilkins score mnemonic for leaflet calcification

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Friday, January 28, 2022

Quantification of severe mitral regurgitation (MR) mnemonic

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Quantification of severe chronic mitral regurgitation mnemonic.  Courtesy Dr. Mikel Smith -IkaN (Nakeya Dewaswala Bhopalwala) 
Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Mitral stenosis gradient and heart rate

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Why is the pressure gradient in mitral stenosis heart rate dependent? Why is the pressure gradient in aortic stenosis heart rate dependent?
Wednesday, December 29, 2021

S' Tissue Doppler Imaging - Derived Tricuspid Lateral Annular Systolic Velocity mnemonic

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S’ Wave: Tissue doppler imaging-Derived Tricuspid Lateral Annular Systolic Velocity S’ value less than 9.5 cm/sec indicating RV ...

Relative wall thickness 0.42 mnemonic

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The RWT reports the relationship between the wall thickness and cavity size. It is an index of LV concentricity.  The golden number to remem...
Monday, December 27, 2021

Relative wall thickness on echocardiography

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Relative wall thickness (RWT) is calculated as two times posterior wall thickness (PWT) divided by the left ventricular internal diastolic d...

Infective endocarditis vegetations - which side do they develop?

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Infective endocarditis vegetations tend to develop on the upstream side of the valve (flow side) which is typically tend to be the lower pre...
Thursday, October 21, 2021

LV aneurysm: Difference between true LV aneurysm and LV pseudoaneurysm

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LV aneurysms are most commonly caused by myocardial infarction. What's the difference between true aneurysm and pseudoaneurysm?
Tuesday, October 12, 2021

RV pressure and volume overload notes

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