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•This infiltrative disease shows apical sparing on GLS despite preserved EF.
•ATTR amyloidosis
•Persistent dyspnea post-TAVR with normal gradients may reflect this.
•Prosthesis–patient mismatch
•Downsloping ST elevation in V1–V3 with RBBB suggests this syndrome.
•Brugada syndrome
•This arrhythmogenic condition affects the RV and is genetic.
•ARVC
•Doppler criteria for moderate mitral stenosis.
•MVA <1.5 cm²
•This capital sits on the Danube and was home to Brahms and Freud.
•Vienna
•This genetic disorder features LV noncompaction and neutropenia.
•Barth syndrome
•Delayed acceleration and low DVI suggest this type of AS.
•Subvalvular AS
•Wide complex tachycardia with capture beats suggests this rhythm.
VT
•A long-standing shunt with cyanosis and clubbing defines this.
•Eisenmenger
•Earliest echo sign of tamponade physiology.
•RA collapse
•This capital lies in the Horn of Africa and hosts the AU headquarters.
•Addis Ababa
•Non-invasive test that distinguishes AL vs ATTR in amyloid cardiomyopathy.
•ATTR vs AL by Tc-99m and light chains
•Overestimation of AS severity in small aortas is due to this.
•Pressure recovery
•This arrhythmia is common in hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia.
•Torsades
•Eosinophilic infiltration and endocardial fibrosis describe this.
•Loeffler
•Tissue Doppler sign favoring constriction over restriction.
•Annulus reversus
•This high-altitude city is Bolivia’s constitutional capital.
•La Paz
•This coronary anomaly is a common cause of sudden death in young athletes.
•Interarterial left coronary
•This valve is most commonly affected in carcinoid syndrome.
•Pulmonary valve
•This reentrant SVT often terminates with vagal maneuvers.
•AVNRT
•Post-MI syndrome with pericarditis and fever weeks later.
•Dressler
•Hepatic vein pattern in severe tricuspid regurgitation.
•Systolic reversal
•Capital near the Bay of Bengal with repeated cyclone disasters.
•Dhaka
•In Kawasaki disease, this Z-score defines a giant aneurysm.
•Z-score ≥10
•Low-flow, low-gradient AS with normal EF defines this paradoxical variant.
•Paradoxical low-flow AS
•This pacemaker issue causes absent atrial activity and pauses.
•Loss of capture
•Congenital LQTS with deafness is this syndrome.
•Jervell and Lange-Nielsen
•Method to estimate PASP using Doppler.
•TR jet + RVOT VTI
•This trilingual capital is smaller than Washington, D.C.
•Luxembourg
•Exercise RHC shows high wedge, low PA compliance, and exertional dyspnea. Diagnosis?
•Exercise-induced HFpEF
•Echo shows borderline GLS and apical sparing in suspected early amyloidosis. Diagnosis?
•Cardiac amyloidosis