Valvuloarterial impedance (Zva): Global left ventricular afterload in aortic stenosis Valvuloarterial impedance (Zva) is an echocardiographic measure of global left ventricular afterload in aortic stenosis [1]. It accounts
Discordance between various measures of severity of aortic stenosis (AS) is considered as discordant grading of severity of aortic stenosis or simply discordant AS. Severe aortic stenosis has
ePLAR: Echocardiographic Pulmonary to Left Atrial Ratio ePLAR is a simple echocardiographic estimation useful in differentiating pre-capillary from post capillary pulmonary hypertension [1]. ePLAR = TR Vmax/(Mitral E/e’)
Bicuspid aortic valve and eccentricity index The M-mode echocardiogram shows eccentric valve closure in diastole. Systolic opening of the valve is good. Eccentricity index for a bicuspid aortic
Septal bounce and septal shudder in constrictive pericarditis Septal bounce Septal bounce is also called respirophasic ventricular septal shift [1, 2]. It is an early diastolic posterior motion
RWMA – Echo The term regional wall motion abnormality or RWMA can be used in any imaging which shows movements of the myocardial segments like echocardiography, cine cardiac
Atrial septal defect This video covers certain features of atrial septal defect including X-ray chest, ECG, echocardiogram and finally device closure of ASD. Both secundum and primum ASDs
Echocardiograms in a few congenital heart diseases In this series, we have echocardiograms of a few congenital heart diseases. The first one shows left ventricle to right atrium
Tetralogy of Fallot – Pre and Post Repair Echocardiogram Tetralogy of Fallot is the commonest cyanotic congenital heart disease in the adult. Large subaortic ventricular septal defect with