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Heart
The heart is a hollow, muscular organ of the middle mediastinum, designed to pump oxygenated blood around the systemic circulation and deoxygenated blood around the pulmonary circulation.
Gross anatomy
The heart has a somewhat pyramidal form and is enclosed by the pericardium. Its base (roughl...
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Saphenous vein graft aneurysm with right atrium fistula
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04 May 2018
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Atrial myxoma
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31 Aug 2020
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Fontan procedure
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15 Nov 2015
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DSA (angiography)
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Cardiac venous malformations
Cardiac venous malformations (also known as cardiac hemangiomas) consists of a slow flow venous malformation and is composed of numerous non-neoplastic endothelial-lined thin-walled channels with interspersed fat and fibrous septae.
Terminology
It is important to note that according to the ISS...
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Pacemaker leads in right and left superior vena cavae
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31 Mar 2022
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Cardiac resynchronisation therapy
Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) refers to simultaneous biventricular or multisite pacing of the heart with a specialized biventricular cardiac pacemaker (CRT-P) with or without an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (CRT-D) and is a treatment option in moderate to severe heart failure...
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Hunter syndrome
Hunter syndrome, also known as mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II) is a rare genetic mucopolysaccharidosis disorder characterized by specific clinical features 1.
Epidemiology
Hunter syndrome is an X-linked recessive disease and therefore much more common in males. It is a rare disorder wit...
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Pericardial agenesis
Pericardial agenesis is a rare condition where there is the absence of the pericardium to varying degrees. If it is only a small portion of the pericardium that is absent it is known as a pericardial defect.
Epidemiology
According to a surgical and pathological series, the prevalence (inclusiv...
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Aortic pseudocoarctation
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18 Jul 2021
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Pulmonary infarction secondary to segmental artery thrombosis
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22 Nov 2014
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Watchman device
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16 Mar 2024
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Twiddler syndrome
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14 Jun 2022
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Left atrial enlargement
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04 Dec 2023
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Ischemic cardiomyopathy
Ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) refers to significant systolic dysfunction with a moderate to severely impaired left ventricular ejection fraction as a consequence of myocardial ischemia and/or myocardial infarction. The condition is not listed or classified as cardiomyopathy in the position state...
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Mitral annular plane systolic excursion
Mitral annular plane systolic excursion (MAPSE) refers to the displacement of the mitral valvular plane in the z-direction and reflects left ventricular longitudinal contraction or shortening, which has been attributed to account for about 60% of the stroke volume 1.
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Mitral annular...
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Left atrial diverticulum
A left atrial diverticulum (LAD) refers to a pouch-like structure with a saclike shape with a broad-based ostium and a smooth contour to its body. They are considered an anatomical variant.
Complications
some suggest that there may be a possible latent relationship between LA diverticulum and...
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Left atrial appendage closure device
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10 Aug 2016
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Cardiac conduction device lead dislodgement
Lead dislodgement, also known as twiddler syndrome, is a complication of implanted cardiac conduction devices due to patient manipulation of the pulse generator, typically diagnosed on plain chest radiograph.
A variation of this complication can also occur with implantable ports, deep brain sti...
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Cardiac sclerosis
Cardiac sclerosis or cardiac cirrhosis is the end-point of passive hepatic congestion from heart failure.
Pathology
Etiology
Causes of cardiac cirrhosis include 1:
ischemic heart disease: ~30%
cardiomyopathy: ~25%
valvular heart disease: ~25%
restrictive lung disease: ~15%
pericardial d...
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