INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen A thorough understanding of the cardiovascular hemodynamics of valvular heart disease is essential to the medical, interventional, and/or surgical management of patients with heart valve disease….
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 71-year-old woman with a history of longstanding hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and obesity presents for evaluation of dyspnea on exertion. Her symptoms started about 3…
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 53-year-old man presents with lower extremity swelling, shortness of breath, and abdominal fullness. He has a past medical history of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, hypertension, and…
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 62-year-old man with a history of nonischemic cardiomyopathy presents with worsening shortness of breath, orthopnea, lower extremity edema, and weight gain. He is diagnosed…
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 52-year-old woman with a history of recurrent pulmonary emboli presents with jugular venous distention, ascites, and lower extremity edema. Laboratory studies reveal a mild…
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 28-year-old woman presents to her obstetrician-gynecologist (OB-GYN) for routine management of her first pregnancy. She was diagnosed with a heart murmur at age 2,…
Figure 2-1: Explanation Print Section Listen Figure 2–1 This recording was obtained in a 25-year-old woman with a history of palpitations and dizziness. What is the mechanism of tachycardia(s)? This…
Introduction Print Section Listen A novice in a busy electrophysiology (EP) laboratory will generally learn to recognize the common arrhythmias in a relatively short time. It requires considerably more seasoning…
EVALUATION OF HEMODYNAMICS IN PATIENTS WITH CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES Print Section Listen INTRODUCTION End-stage heart failure (HF) is characterized by specific hemodynamic abnormalities. These abnormalities are a…
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 54-year-old African American woman with nonischemic cardiomyopathy, that is, LMNA-related familial cardiomyopathy, presented for advanced therapy evaluation based on recurrent admissions for volume overload…
