Items tagged “cardiology”
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Failed early pregnancy
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05 Aug 2010
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Ultrasound
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Posterior urethral valves with pyonephrosis
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13 Aug 2010
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Fluoroscopy
Ultrasound
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Masses arising from the foramen of Monro (differential)
The differential diagnosis of masses arising from the foramen of Monro can be approached depending on the age of the patient.
Pediatric
choroid plexus papilloma
adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma
germinoma
glioma
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
neurofibromatosis
pilocytic astrocytoma
sube...
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Mitral valve calcification
Mitral valve calcification can refer to 1
mitral annular calcification (MAC)
mitral valve leaflet calcification (MVL)
caseous calcification of the mitral annulus
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Carcinoid heart disease
Carcinoid heart disease, also known as Hedinger syndrome, is a known complication of carcinoid tumors, and is particularly prevalent in patients who develop carcinoid syndrome.
Epidemiology
Cardiac lesions are present in approximately 50% of patients with carcinoid syndrome 1.
Clinical presen...
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Papillary fibroelastoma of the heart
Papillary fibroelastomas are rare benign primary cardiac tumors. However, of the primary cardiac tumors, they are one of the commonest to occur in relation to the cardiac valves (may account for 75% of valvular tumors 10).
Epidemiology
Its estimated prevalence ranges between <0.01 to 0.33% 5....
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Duke criteria for infective endocarditis
The Duke criteria are a set of clinical criteria set forward for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis.
For diagnosis of definite infective endocarditis by clinical criteria the requirement is 4:
2 major criteria or
1 major and 3 minor criteria or
5 minor criteria
For diagnosis of possib...
Case
Aortic valve regurgitation
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17 Oct 2019
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X-ray
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Dilated cardiomyopathy
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18 Sep 2010
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CT
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Dilated cardiomyopathy
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18 Sep 2010
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X-ray
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Echogenic intracardiac focus
Echogenic intracardiac focus (EIF) is a relatively common sonographic observation that may be present on an antenatal ultrasound scan.
Epidemiology
They are thought to be present in ~4-5% of karyotypically normal fetuses. They may be more common in the Asian population 5.
Associations
trisom...
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Pericardial cyst
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30 Sep 2010
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X-ray
CT
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Left ventricular aneurysm
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30 Sep 2010
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X-ray
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Echogenic focus in left ventricle
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05 Oct 2010
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Ultrasound
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Cardiac myxoma
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20 Oct 2010
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CT
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Cardiac pacemaker
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20 Oct 2010
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Cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma
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20 Oct 2010
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CT
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Cardiac thrombus
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20 Oct 2010
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MRI
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Pneumopericardium
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20 Oct 2010
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X-ray
Article
Cardiac angiosarcoma
Cardiac angiosarcomas are the most common sarcoma involving the heart (see cardiac tumors).
Please refer to the article on angiosarcomas for a general discussion about this entity.
Epidemiology
They occur slightly more frequently in males.
Clinical presentation
Patients usually present wi...