🌕 Cardiac Myxomas 1/🧵
🔘The most prevalent cardiac tumors
🔘95% are sporadic and 5% are familial (Carney’s complex)
🔘3👩🏻 : 1 👨🏽 (non-familial)
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📝Reynen K. Cardiac myxomas. NEJM 1995 🌕 Cardiac Myxomas 2/🧵
🔘80% - Left atrium (75% of which involves atrial septum)
🔘7-20% - Right atrium
🔘Remainder 10% - biatrial, LV, RV
🔘 Carney’s - multiple and atypical sites

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🧵 1/17 - Thread: Echo for Diagnosis and Management of obstructive HCM
Mechanisms of MR in these patients
Please, share your comments and experience

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@NMerke @echo_stepbystep @iamritu @JaeKOh2 @dr_benoy_n_shah @EACVIPresident @StellEkaterina… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 🧵 2/17 - Echo in obstructive HCM - Diagnosis / Management
✨Maneuvers (Valsalva, standing from Squatting) + Exercise Echo may unveil 33% latent obstructive HCM (37% rest -> 70% provocable)

@nat_echo @OAB1967 @echo_batman @papadocardio @robertomlang @fpmorcerf @mariovar55… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

⚠️CEUS utility for masses and tumors - looking 4 perfusion

Some illustrative cases 😎

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@denisamuraru @lpbadano @NMerke @echo_stepbystep @iamritu @iceman_ex @alcantaramonica @DrRajeshG1 @alessia_gimelli @AJamilTajik @JGrapsa @dr_benoy_n_shah @mariovar55 ⚠️ CEUS for cardiac masses

✅PPCM

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