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Muhamed Saric
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Echocardiography in the Recognition and Management of Mechanical Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Although rare, the development of mechanical complications following an acute myocardial infarction is associated with a high morbidity and mortality. Here, we review the clinical features, diagnostic strategy...
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Transesophageal Echocardiographic Screening for Structural Heart Interventions
Percutaneous structural interventions have provided patients with an effective therapeutic option, and its growth has been aided by echocardiography. We describe the vital role that transesophageal echocardiog...
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Left Atrial Occlusion Device Implantation: the Role of the Echocardiographer
Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia worldwide and is a major risk factor for embolic stroke. For patients with atrial fibrillation who are unable to tolerate systemic anticoagulation, left atrial...
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Open AccessIntimal spindle cell sarcoma masquerading as adult-onset symptomatic pulmonic stenosis: a case report and review of the literature
Pulmonary artery intimal spindle cell sarcomas are rare and carry with them a poor prognosis and high rate of recurrence. In extremely rare cases, this tumor can infiltrate the pulmonic valve and manifest as a...
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Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure Devices
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in humans. It is a major cause of morbidity and mortality as it impairs cardiac function and is a major risk of embolic stroke. Traditionally, thromboembo...
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Hypertension in African Americans with Heart Failure: Progression from Hypertrophy to Dilatation; Perhaps Not
Concentric hypertrophy is thought to transition to left ventricular (LV) dilatation and systolic failure in the presence of long standing hypertension (HTN). Whether or not this transition routinely occurs in ...
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Atrial fibrillation ablation in patients with known sludge in the left atrial appendage
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is routinely used to assess for thrombus in the left atrium (LA) and left atrial appendage (LAA) in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. However, little...
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Open AccessA novel and practical cardiovascular magnetic resonance method to quantify mitral annular excursion and recoil applied to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
We have developed a novel and practical cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) technique to evaluate left ventricular (LV) mitral annular motion by tracking the atrioventricular junction (AVJ). To test AVJ mo...
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The Cholesterol Emboli Syndrome in Atherosclerosis
Cholesterol emboli syndrome is a relatively rare, but potentially devastating, manifestation of atherosclerotic disease. Cholesterol emboli syndrome is characterized by waves of arterio-arterial embolization o...
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Open AccessCardiac MRI correlates of diastolic left ventricular function assessment by echocardiography
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Open AccessDiagnostic performance of CMR and transthoracic echocardiography in clinical evaluation of cardiac masses with histopathological correlation
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Aortic Atherosclerosis and Embolic Events
Aortic plaques are a manifestation of the general process of atherosclerosis in which there is a progressive accumulation of cholesterol and other lipids in the intimal-medial layer of the aorta with secondary...
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Acute myocardial infarction due to left anterior descending coronary artery dissection after blunt chest trauma
Cardiac complications of chest trauma range from arrhythmias to valvular avulsions to myocardial contusion, rupture, and rarely myocardial infarction. We describe a case of a young patient with blunt chest tra...
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Real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in transcutaneous, catheter-based procedures for repair of structural heart diseases
We review the use of real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (RT3D-TEE) in guiding percutaneous catheter-based procedures to repair structural heart defects. The utility of this novel imag...
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CT Appearance of Isolated Dextroversion
We present the multidetector CT appearance of a case of isolated dextroversion. Dextroversion is a rare anomaly characterized by extreme right-sided rotation of the heart resulting in dextrocardia with the lef...
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Aortic rupture: comparison of three imaging modalities
We report a case of a 56-year-old man with traumatic aortic rupture (TAR) sustained in a motor vehicle accident diagnosed by helical computed tomography, aortography, and transesophageal echocardiography. A la...
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Massive septic thrombus formation on a superior vena cava indwelling catheter following Torulopsis (Candida) glabrata fungemia
Fungal endocarditis is an exceedingly rare complication of indwelling central venous catheters in adults. Here we describe what appears to be the first case of a right atrial thrombus superinfected with the y...
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The Once and Future Health System in the Former Yugoslavia: Myths and Realities
This paper debunks three widely believed myths about the former Yugoslavia's health care system: that it was characterized by: (1) social ownership of “self-managing” provider organizations; (2) a commitment t...
