Aortic Stenosis Severity Classification
Classification of aortic stenosis by severity using echocardiogram assessment. A simple way of understanding the severity of aortic stenosis.
Category Cardiology
Biological Prosthesis in a Normofunctional Aortic Position
A biological prosthesis in a normofunctional aortic position, evaluated by three-dimensional echocardiography, In face view from the atrium and left ventricle. Note: To watch the video continuously, right-click on the video and select “Loop.” That will allow one to appreciate more…
How to Interpret an Electrocardiogram ECG
Risk factors for Coronary Artery Disease CAD
Recognizing Coronary Artery Disease CAD is very important. In the past, the classification was mostly done by the ability to modify a risk factor. Now, the classification by CAD related risk is used more. CAD risk equivalence refers to the comparison between…
USMLE Approach to heart murmur questions
The questions that we encounter in the board exams may describe the heart murmurs by characteristic. This can be confusing since valve disorders may create different types of murmurs. In order to make it more simple, we can use this…
Cardiología caso clínico 1: Anomalía de Ebstein
Me gustaría compartir con ustedes un caso que presenté en mi Internado acerca de una anomalía de Ebstein. En resumen, la anomalía de Ebstein denota una atrialización de la válvula auriculoventricular derecha o “tricúspide”. Atrialización significa que la válvula se implanta…
Approach to heart murmur questions for the USMLE exams
When facing a challenging question about heart murmurs, we can get confused by the description of the murmur since they can be described in different ways: holosystolic, early diastolic and others. This classification depending on the characteristics of the murmurs…
