💔women wait 10 min longer to be seen for chest pain in ER
💔women less likely to be triaged as emergent case
💔women less likely to get ekg,or🫀monitor, or to
be seen by a cardiologist in the ER for CP
💔less likely to be admitted 🏥 for CP #ACCWIC#ACC21#DisparitiesOfCare
PLEA for help!
Plasma donor needed urgently for Dr. Priya Khanna, a nephrologist in NJ currently in critical condition w/ COVID 19, intubated & fighting for her life!
Anyone that was COVID+ & symptom free for 2 weeks is an eligible donor. Contact group below.
Please RT🙏
🔺aortopulmonary window connection b/w ascending aorta & main PA
🔺presence of 2 semilunar valves distinguishes this anomaly from truncus arteriosus
🔺Both semilunar valves normal in position
from @ASE360 member Pamela Henderson @CASEfromASE#echofirst@kgzimmerman@rajdoc2005
Commotio Cordis is sudden blunt impact to chest ➡️sudden death in absence of cardiac damage
Most important variable is timing of impact relative to cardiac cycle:upstroke of Tw
🆚Contusio Cordis(contusion) blunt chest trauma➡️ structural cardiac damage
bit.ly/3CeIoJN
pedunculated large mass with irregular borders attached to posterior P2 mitral annulus prolapsing into LV & smaller, secondary mass attached to Interatrial septum #echofirst
Rare deadly spindle cell sarcoma bit.ly/3EF4nds
Braunwald reverses 35 year old stance in asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis &AVR
bit.ly/3EBr0Tt
Don’t wait for symptoms to develop in severe AS!
No more “watchful waiting”
#justdoit Act & send patient for TAVR or SAVR @JAMACardio
Cutest #Echofirst ever:
in a #African pygmy #hedgehog 🦔 examined due to a systolic heart murmur
Findings: dilated & hyperechoic LV, dilated LA & mitral regurgitation #Preview will be in @CASEfromASE from Rebecca Stepien @uwvetmed
In our home, it was filled with atta (flour) used to make daily roti’s (bread):the round shape of the container was the perfect shape to coat the rolled rotis in flour- thanks for bringing up a happy memory
In Atrial Functional MR can get “Hamstringing”of posterior MV leaflet due to massive LA dilation;this “atriogenic” leaflet tethering is from displaced posterior annulus onto crest of LV inlet resulting in⬆️in annulopapillary distance restricting leaflet motion #echofirst
