echobasics | introduction to echocardiography | Derliz Mereles, MD | Heidelberg, Germany
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Left Atrial Strain Outperforms Ventricular Strains in Cardiovascular Outcome Association Across Echo and CMR
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#echofamily #ASE #IMDH #lvclot 70yr male Post MI 3m back now presented with CVA .. large dissecting intramural hematoma
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Fireflies 🔥at the pulmonary crossroads (PSAX) #echofirst
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💓 Left atrial reservoir strain (LASr) predicts heart events better than LV or RV strain. 🩺 Routine LASr measurement may improve risk assessment and patient care 📊 jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacas…
#JACCAsia @pi_the_anion
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This document provides a uniform & structured approach to managing ultrasound artifacts, including the appearance of the artifact, the mechanism behind the artifact generation, the clinical impact of the artifact on the diagnosis, & examples of real cases. bit.ly/4tKDSvf
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Intra- and extra- cardiac shunt can coexist. Differentiate mainly via flow pattern not cycle timing.
•PFO: transient/intermittent bolus which can be late if RAP>LAP occurs late.
•Transpulmonary: continuous trail of bubbles; can occur early for example in liver cirrhosis patients with large stroke volumes.
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💡 Take a look to all the features of rheumatic mitral disease in an young female. 2D/3D TEE with Vivid Pioneer
✅ Hockey stick of AML 🏒
✅ Extensive fusion of anterolateral commissure
✅ Chordae thickening
✅ Severe MS & mild to moderate MR
What should we do?
Surgical repair, replacement or Inoue Balloon?
EchoCompact | Advanced am 2. Mai 2026
Strain-Echokardiographie: Wie die AI-gestützte Strain-Bildgebung den Alltag erheblich erleichtert
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Hi #echofirst
25 year old man who presented with dyspnea
Echo showed severe mixed aortic disease
What do you think ? Unicuspid ?
@alex1708ander @alexsfelixecho @CASivaram1 @argulian @iamritu @StellEkaterina @echo_stepbystep @najibadn
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In traumatic hemopericardium, especially in adolescents: small, rapidly accumulating, anterior effusions can cause cardiac tamponade
@iamritu @ASE360 @AEPCcongenital @CASivaram1 @dkthekkoott @alexsfelixecho @echoleolopez @loomba_rohit @alex1708ander @SIwa23288585 @WithAScalpel
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14-year-old, Doubly-committed VSD with trivial AR (prolapsed RCC) and PR.
@iamritu @ASE360 @AEPCcongenital @CASivaram1 @dkthekkoott @alexsfelixecho @echoleolopez @loomba_rohit @alex1708ander @SIwa23288585
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What is your preferred approach to draining an effusion like this causing tamponade?
How many mL would you drain in this case.. all or do you stop after XmL to avoid RV failure?
a perfect EVOQUE tricuspid valve
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Focal Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) occurs in <2% of TTS cases, most often involving the anterior and lateral left ventricular segments. jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jcmg.…
#JACCIMG @thiele_holger @IngoEitel @Luca_Arcari88 @Auribarri @HernanDMejiaR
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Quantification of MR especially primary MR using #echofirst requires attention
PISA EROA is often the problem
👉 due to many pitfalls
👀 here review shorturl.at/DZsNs
But there is a Solution 👊shorturl.at/xVAfb
Using volumetric method
