Tumors
This is the most common benign cardiac tumor.
What is a Myxoma?
A mass composed primarily of mature fat cells.
What is a Lipoma?
Most pulmonary emboli originate from this location.
What are the deep veins of the lower extremities?
This heart chamber is typically the first to enlarge in pulmonary hypertension.
What is the Right Ventricle?
This ventricular remodeling pattern is classically associated with chronic systemic hypertension.
What is Concentric LV Hypertrophy?
This structure is the most common attachment site of a myxoma.
What is the interatrial septum?
This mass causes a dumbbell-shaped thickening of the IAS.
What is Lipomatous Hypertrophy?
Describe a cardiac missile.
What is a foreign body, highly echogenic and has strong reverberations?
This valve lesion is commonly seen secondary to RV and annular dilation in pulmonary hypertension.
What is Tricuspid Regurgitation?
This chamber commonly enlarges due to chronically elevated LV filling pressures.
What is the Left Atrium?
This benign tumor is often described as looking like a sea anemone.
What is a Papillary Fibroelastoma?
A myxoma may produce this valvular lesion by prolapsing into the mitral valve
What is Functional Mitral Stenosis?
A patient presents after a gunshot wound. Echo demonstrates a highly echogenic structure embedded in the RV free wall.
What is a retained bullet?
This echocardiographic sign demonstrates RV apical sparing with mid-free wall hypokinesis.
What is McConnell's Sign?
This is the start of Stage 1 Hypertension.
What is 130/80 mmHg?
This is the most common malignant cardiac tumor and it's location.
What is an Angiosarcoma and RA?
This malignant mass commonly infiltrates and destroys normal cardiac tissue.
What is an Angiosarcoma?
This complication may occur when a missile penetrates the interventricular septum.
What is a ventricular septal defect (VSD)?
This septal shape is commonly seen in the parasternal short-axis view in significant pulmonary hypertension.
What is a D-shaped LV?
Long-standing systemic hypertension most commonly causes this type of LV dysfunction first.
What is Diastolic Dysfunction?
This benign tumor is the most common cardiac tumor in children and what does it cause.
What is a Rhabdomyoma and Arrythmias?
This benign tumor is highly echogenic and commonly found within the ventricular septum.
What is a Fibroma?
A metallic foreign body lodged in the pericardium may lead to this life-threatening condition.
What is cardiac tamponade?
What is MPAP = 4(PR Vmax)2 + RAP
This form of heart failure is commonly associated with long-standing hypertension and preserved EF.
What is HFpEF?