Hospital Medicine

Cardiovascular Imaging

Questions discussed in this category

What is your approach to determining the safety, appropriateness, and timing of SPECT or PET MPI in patients admitted with NSTEMI and who remain chest pain-free and hemodynamically stable?

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Would you recommend hospitalization for surgery for a large papillary fibroelastoma or atrial myxoma discovered on an outpatient echocardiogram?

Would the context of prior stroke/TIA impact the decision to hospitalize or pursue expedited outpatient evaluation?

1 Answer available

What is a reasonable inpatient imaging modality alternative to evaluate for infective endocarditis in a morbidly obese patient with poor acoustic windows on TTE and persistent bacteremia if TEE is not feasible or contraindicated?

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Which clinical and echocardiographic parameters (i.e. LVEF, AVA) do you use when determining patient candidacy for LV device-assisted percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty in patients with cardiogenic shock and severe AS?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports, 2019

Utility of Intracardiac Echocardiography to Diagnose Infective Endocarditis.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2023 Aug 22

The 2023 Duke-International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Criteria for Infective Endocarditis: Updating the Modified Duke Criteria.

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography, 2019 Oct 03

Diagnostic Potential of Intracardiac Echocardiography in Patients with Suspected Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis.

Current problems in cardiology, 2023 May 11

Utility of Intracardiac Echocardiography for Infective Endocarditis and Cardiovascular Device-Related Endocarditis: A Contemporary Systematic Review.

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