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Panzerherz (heart)
Panzerherz (or armoured heart) is a term used to describe the appearance of the heart in calcified constrictive pericarditis.
The pericardium becomes circumferentially thickened with calcification, limiting the ability of the heart to contract. The rim of dense calcification describes how the h...
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Right bundle branch block
Right bundle branch block is a finding on electrocardiogram due to an interruption or alteration in the His-Purkinje system and is characterised by widened QRS complexes and changes in R and S wave vectors 1,2. It can be complete or incomplete, with incomplete being the more common form of prese...
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Cardiomegaly with plethora and oedema
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27 Jul 2013
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X-ray
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Kerley B lines
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12 Mar 2020
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X-ray
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Mask failure
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09 Dec 2020
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Nuclear medicine
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Hypertension
Hypertension refers to an increase in blood pressure above the 'normal' for the age, sex, and ethnicity of the patient. This can be specified according to the vascular system involved. Although generally when it is not specified it is assumed to refer to the systemic type.
systemic hypertension...
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Mitral valve (M-mode echocardiogram)
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25 Sep 2018
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Ultrasound
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Coronary artery bypass graft markers
Coronary artery bypass graft markers are radiopaque markers placed at the proximal origin of coronary artery bypass grafts from the ascending aorta. The purpose of these is to make subsequent coronary angiography easier by indicating the location of the graft origin.
Markers may be metallic ri...
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - neonatal
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28 Sep 2018
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X-ray
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Situs inversus
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06 May 2015
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X-ray
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MitraClip device
A MitraClip is a device for percutaneous mitral valve repair. It is a percutaneous edge-to-edge attachment system that mimics the surgical procedure. This technique creates a tissue bridge between the anterior and posterior leaflets, employing one clip deployed through transseptal catheterisatio...
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Accessory left atrial appendage
An accessory left atrial appendage is a frequent fortuitous finding in cardiac imaging, encountered in ~10% of patients. They are more often seen as a small diverticular structure projecting from the right upper side of the left atrial wall.
Differential diagnosis
it must not be confused with ...
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Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR) cardiac amyloidosis
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04 Aug 2022
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Nuclear medicine
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Stanford classification of aortic dissection
The Stanford classification, along with the DeBakey classification, is used to separate aortic dissections into those that need surgical repair, and those that usually require only medical management 7.
Both the Stanford and DeBakey systems can be used to describe all forms of an acute aortic s...
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Fetal atrioventricular block
Fetal atrioventricular block is a form a fetal bradyarrhythmia often classified into
fetal partial atrioventricular block (PAVB)
fetal complete atrioventricular block (CAVB)
Epidemiology
Fetal atrioventricular block is considered rare finding with reported occurrences of around 1:11,000-20,0...
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Left atrial thrombus
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18 Apr 2011
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CT
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Dextrocardia (situs inversus)
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06 May 2013
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Annotated image
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Epipericardial fat necrosis
Epipericardial fat necrosis (also sometimes purely categorised as pericardial fat necrosis or epicardial fat necrosis) is a rare self-limiting cause of acute pleuritic pain in an otherwise healthy individual, without fever or cough. It occurs external to the pericardium.
Clinical presentation
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Peripartum/postpartum cardiomyopathy
Peripartum/postpartum cardiomyopathy is a dilated cardiomyopathy that may occur in the last trimester of pregnancy through the first several months postpartum.
Epidemiology
The estimated incidence in the United States ranges from one in 900 to one in 4000 live births, with an increased inciden...
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Unroofed coronary sinus
An unroofed coronary sinus, a.k.a. coronary sinus type ASD, is a rare variant of atrial septal defect (ASD). The atrial wall between the coronary sinus and left atrium is either partially or completely absent, resulting in a right-to-left shunt.
It is associated with persistent left-sided super...
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