Bioprosthetic valve degeneration Bioprosthetic valve degeneration also causes prosthetic valve failure like prosthetic valve thrombosis and pannus formation. Host related factors which predispose to bioprosthetic valve degeneration are:
Wrong statement about prosthetic valve thrombosis: a) Risk of thrombosis is more at mitral position than tricuspid position b) Risk is more at mitral position than at aortic
Identify the jet marked in the continuous wave Doppler taken from the apical five chamber view: Correct answer: b) Aortic regurgitation In the apical five chamber view, the
Etiological types of prosthetic valve dysfunction Different etiological types of prosthetic valve dysfunction are: Prosthetic valve thrombosis Pannus formation – growth of fibrotic tissue from the annulus region
Identify the structure marked in this parasternal long axis view on echocardiogram: Correct answer: a) Densely calcified aortic valve This echo picture in parasternal long axis view shows
Findings and diagnosis? Early repolarization syndromeConcave upwards ST segment elevation with a notch at the end of the QRS complex (J point) or a slurring of the terminal
Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) has been in use for guiding electrophysiological procedures for quite some time. Now it is being used more and more in interventions for structural heart
Treatment for prosthetic valve thrombosis presenting with stroke: a) Intravenous heparin b) Thrombolysis c) Surgery d) Warfarin Please click here for the correct answer.
Split screen echocardiographic image in parasternal long axis view showing aortic regurgitation jet Left panel shows 2-D (two dimensional) image in early diastole indicated by the mitral leaflets
