Cardiology Archives • LITFL https://litfl.com/category/medical-specialty/cardiology/ Emergency medicine education and critical care education blog Thu, 29 May 2025 09:49:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://litfl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-LITFL-Logo-Square-516-TR-100x100.png Cardiology Archives • LITFL https://litfl.com/category/medical-specialty/cardiology/ 32 32 124409178 Name that murmur https://litfl.com/heart-murmur-eponyms/ https://litfl.com/heart-murmur-eponyms/#respond Thu, 29 May 2025 03:48:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=254531 Gary Zhang, Andrew Robbins and Mike Cadogan Name that murmur

Eponymythology: heart murmur eponyms and named cardiac murmurs. Related eponyms, the person behind their origin, their relevance today, and modern terminology.

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Echo basics: Key concepts https://litfl.com/echocardiography-basics-doppler-modalities/ https://litfl.com/echocardiography-basics-doppler-modalities/#respond Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=277992 Helen Rimington Echo basics: Key concepts

Echocardiography basics and the differences between 2D imaging, M-mode, pulsed wave Doppler, continuous wave Doppler, and tissue Doppler imaging.

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Barlow syndrome https://litfl.com/barlow-syndrome/ https://litfl.com/barlow-syndrome/#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 10:41:55 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=284337 Mike Cadogan Barlow syndrome

Barlow syndrome (primary billowing mitral leaflet syndrome (BMLS)). Auscultatory findings of late systolic murmur with non-ejection ('mid-late') systolic click

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John Barlow https://litfl.com/john-barlow/ https://litfl.com/john-barlow/#respond Thu, 01 May 2025 10:28:45 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=284334 Mike Cadogan John Barlow

John Brereton Barlow (1924-2008) was a South African cardiologist. Barlow described mitral valve prolapse (eponymously known as Barlow’s syndrome) in 1963

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Echo basics: Prosthetic Valve https://litfl.com/echo-basics-prosthetic-valve/ https://litfl.com/echo-basics-prosthetic-valve/#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:59:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=284462 Chris Eggett Echo basics: Prosthetic Valve

Understand and identify prosthetic valves. Learn what can go wrong with prosthetic valves; how to assess their function and examine transcatheter valves

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Echo basics: Pulmonary Valve https://litfl.com/echo-basics-pulmonary-valve/ https://litfl.com/echo-basics-pulmonary-valve/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2025 06:17:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=284449 Chris Eggett Echo basics: Pulmonary Valve

Understand and identify the pulmonary valve. Learn how to identify and grade pulmonary regurgitation and quantify pulmonary stenosis. Basic management of pulmonary valve dysfunction.

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Echo basics: Tricuspid Valve https://litfl.com/echo-basics-tricuspid-valve/ https://litfl.com/echo-basics-tricuspid-valve/#respond Wed, 09 Apr 2025 06:05:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=284432 Chris Eggett Echo basics: Tricuspid Valve

Understand and identify the tricuspid valves. Learn how to identify and grade tricuspid regurgitation and quantify tricuspid stenosis. Basic management of tricuspid valve dysfunction.

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Echo basics: Aortic Regurgitation https://litfl.com/echo-basics-aortic-regurgitation/ https://litfl.com/echo-basics-aortic-regurgitation/#respond Tue, 08 Apr 2025 04:23:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=284416 Chris Eggett Echo basics: Aortic Regurgitation

Understand and identify aortic regurgitation. Learn how to identify and grade aortic regurgitation gradient using measurements and visual clues and quantify aortic regurgitation.

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Echo basics: Aortic Stenosis https://litfl.com/echo-basics-aortic-stenosis/ https://litfl.com/echo-basics-aortic-stenosis/#respond Mon, 07 Apr 2025 03:04:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=284403 Chris Eggett Echo basics: Aortic Stenosis

Understand and identify aortic stenosis. Learn how to measure an accurate aortic valve gradient and calculate the aortic valve area. Be able to diagnose low-flow states and paradoxical low flow

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Echo basics: Aortic Valve https://litfl.com/echo-basics-aortic-valve/ https://litfl.com/echo-basics-aortic-valve/#respond Sun, 06 Apr 2025 02:31:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=284397 Chris Eggett Echo basics: Aortic Valve

Echo basics: Aortic Valve. A normal aortic valve is trileaflet, with equally sized cusps that are supported by a fibrous annulus and separated by three commissures.

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Echo basics: Mitral Stenosis https://litfl.com/echo-basics-mitral-stenosis/ https://litfl.com/echo-basics-mitral-stenosis/#respond Sat, 05 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=284371 Chris Eggett Echo basics: Mitral Stenosis

Echocardiography basics. Grading and quantifying mitral stenosis (MS) with planimetry, pulsed wave Doppler, PHT and Continuity Equation Method

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Echo basics: Mitral Regurgitation https://litfl.com/echo-basics-mitral-valve-regurgitation/ https://litfl.com/echo-basics-mitral-valve-regurgitation/#respond Fri, 04 Apr 2025 11:17:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=284359 Chris Eggett Echo basics: Mitral Regurgitation

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is a common pathology detected during echocardiography. Accurate identification and grading rely heavily on colour and spectral Doppler imaging across multiple standard views.

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