Digital Echocardiography
Digital Echocardiography Mario J. Garcia Over the last two decades, echocardiography has created a tremendous impact in health care. Much of the success of echocardiography is due to its ability…
Lung Cancer with Shortness of Breath
Lung Cancer with Shortness of Breath This patient is an 83-year-old man with active lung cancer, and he was on chemotherapy. He had never had surgery and had never received…
Respiratory Failure and Tachy-brady Syndrome
Respiratory Failure and Tachy-brady Syndrome A 76-year-old woman had repeated hospital admissions for volume overload, respiratory failure, prolonged intubations, atrial fibrillation, and tachy-brady syndrome. On repeated transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE), she…
Heart Murmur, Systemic Hypertension, and History of Cerebrovascular Accident
Heart Murmur, Systemic Hypertension, and History of Cerebrovascular Accident A 75-year-old man with a heart murmur since childhood, hypertension, and a history of a cerebrovascular accident had an echocardiogram to…
Recurrent Episodes of Bronchitis and Pneumonia
Recurrent Episodes of Bronchitis and Pneumonia A 79-year-old woman has a history of shortness of breath, bronchial asthma, and bronchiectasis associated with recurrent episodes of bronchitis and pneumonia. She developed…
Aortic Stenosis and Atrial Fibrillation
Aortic Stenosis and Atrial Fibrillation A 74-year-old woman with severe aortic stenosis and atrial fibrillation (AFIB) is referred for aortic valve replacement. See Figures 71-1, 71-2 and 71-3 and Videos…
End-stage Renal Disease and Hypertension
End-stage Renal Disease and Hypertension A 73-year-old man with end-stage renal disease due to long-standing hypertension has a routine echocardiogram performed, and the images in Figures 70-1 and 70-2 are…
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea and Worsening Pedal Edema
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea and Worsening Pedal Edema A 73-year-old man presents with a 6 months history of worsening exertional fatigue and dyspnea on exertion. More recently, he has developed paroxysmal…
Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis
Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis A 72-year-old man underwent aortic valve replacement 2 months ago for symptomatic severe aortic stenosis. He now presents with a 2-week history of fever, chills, rigors, and…
Severe Mitral Regurgitation
Severe Mitral Regurgitation A 72-year-old man with severe mitral regurgitation (MR) and a flail P3 scallop undergoes robotic mitral valve surgery. Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) images are obtained in the operating…
