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Pectus Excavatum and RV Compression in a Young Athlete with Syncope led by Penn Medicine CV fellow Alex de Feria, published in American Journal of Medicine Has anyone pursued chest wall reconstruction surgery in an adult with severe pectus deformities? Ron Blankstein amjmed.com/action/showFul…

Christopher Kramer MD great debate on HCM scar! #CMR2024 Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance ➡️ Myocardial fibrosis in patients with HCM is a slowly progressive process. ➡️ higher rate of LGE progression with -more severe disease at baseline, characterized by LGE extent >8% of LV mass, - indexed LV mass >100

My recent review on plaque imaging - enjoy vumedi.com/video/ct-coron…

A #WhyCMR Friday Special: LV Pseudoaneurysm post AMI 🎈Is a subsect of free-wall rupture⚡️contained by pericardial adhesions 🎈Incidence: <0.5% post AMI 🎈Often involve inferior & lateral walls 🎈If w/n 3mo post MI, Rx is surgery but mortality ~20% 👇🏼 3c & SAX cine on 3T 📸

Despite a diagnosis of ALS, Virginia Heart Cardiologist Dhaval Patel is writing his life story using technology that tracks his eye movements, hoping to inspire others suffering from debilitating disease. An incredible story of courage and determination. fox5dc.com/video/1412041

Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (AHCM) is a rare phenotypic variant of #HCM. In this CV Case Journal report, we introduce the “blueberry-on-top” phenomenon, a characteristic myocardial strain finding on TTE, to help identify AHCM cases. bit.ly/49DNa1Y

If you have a CT Calcium Score of 0 And have elevated LDL-C/APOB Should you take cholesterol-lowering medications? 📕Make Sure To Bookmark✅ 🧵👇 /1

A more tailored approach to diagnosing apical HCM. More to come in this field - 👀 this space! Hunain Shiwani James moon

WHAT is goin on #cardionerds? 🤓 (sound on) Echo of the week #echofirst #cvimaging

The Virginia Heart team’s first commercial Triclip at Inova Schar Heart and Vascular was a huge success! Thanks to Abbott Cardiovascular for the support!

Heart Failure GDMT Initiation and Optimization Made Easy👍…

Narrative review explores how to manage use of DOACs—apixaban, rivaroxaban, edoxaban, and dabigatran—in patients undergoing surgical and nonsurgical procedures to decrease risks of bleeding and thromboembolism. ja.ma/3AXfhwV

Excellent updated review on MAD and how to use #cvimaging to identify pts at risk in #JACCImaging. jacc.org/doi/epdf/10.10… Few key messages for the imagers: 🔻 MAD is infrequently observed in the LV posterior wall and often missed when the diagnosis relies on 2D PLAX -> #3Decho

Normal Aortic Values as per ESC.

How to differentiate between malignant and benign cardiac masses? Look for red🚩at #echofirst Go for #whyCMR or #yesCCT for further characterisation Go for PET by inconclusive findings jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.… Sunday #cardiooncology read 👇

Prevalence of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis in undifferentiated heart failure with preserved ejection fraction 👉 bit.ly/3Zi34wg EJHF Editor-in-Chief Jan Biegus @Ppponikowski #HFA_ESC Harriette Van Spall, MD MPH 🇨🇦 Shelley Zieroth Marat Fudim, MD MHS Gregg Fonarow MD Alexandre Mebazaa Marco Metra Gianluigi Savarese

A very interesting TEE to end 2024. Diagnosis? WVU CV fellows WVU CV Imaging Chittur Sivaram Ritu Thamman MD Dipesh Ludhwani Harshith Thyagaturu #echofirst

Let’s talk about the Top 10 cardiology papers of 2024 that shook up the field! Hard science, no BS, 🚀 and yes — some practices WILL change. 🫀 Let’s dive in: a tweetorial thread! #CardioTwitter #MedEd #Cardiology

This is an amazing story on the power of the American dream. I still remember when Kevin gave this interview — he worked hard and I knew it would be good. Proud to have been a small part of your journey, Kevin. Keep going!