When with each view things get worse. An extensive mural thrombus in advanced heart failure. Technically, how would you measure an ejection fraction? Including or excluding thrombus? (even knowing that it is very low).

Is this behavior frequent? Male patient with a history of apical infarction.

54 yo man with worsening dyspnea for 3 weeks. ECG with an inferior infarction. No central lines, no catheters.

Sometimes you can be pretty sure of the diagnosis. 39 yo woman with an asymptomatic mediastinal tumor discovered 2 years ago.

64 yo male. Coronary angiography without lesions.
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39 yo woman. No CV history. Dyspnea for 3 months.
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Another great one from the French #PAH network. In this study, the role of RHC in followup is clarified. RHC helps refine risk in intermediate but not low or high risk pts. SVI and SvO2 most useful Pulmotension Olivier Sitbon Athénaïs Boucly ERS publications

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Analysis shows that initial declines in HF-related mortality from 1999 to 2012 have been entirely undone by subsequent reversals from 2012 to 2021, meaning that contemporary HF mortality rates are higher than in 1999. ja.ma/3UcwM23

30 yo male, progressive dyspnea. Admitted to ER, he’s being evaluated for cardiac transplant in another hospital. No medical records in our centre, what do you think about this image?
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66 yo man with a history of AVR, hospitalized for pleural effusion and ascites.

50 yo woman, with no CV history. Dyspnea and leg edema for 1 month. Admitted for shock. Unfortunately, she passed away a few days later.

'Updated Classification and Definitions of Pulmonary Hypertension and Its Clinical Implications.' Pulmotension Société de Pneumologie de Langue Française (SPLF)
A definition perpetually evolving, reflecting the dynamic nature of knowledge and understanding !
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18 yo male. Asymptomatic. Machine settings as usual. Is this a spontaneous contrast, artifact?

75 yo male, asymptomatic after successful treatment of endocarditis. To operate or not operate?

Papillary fibroelastoma, incidental finding in a patient with atrial fibrillation. In the case of ischemic stroke, who is to blame?

Extreme cardiac remodeling in group 1 pulmonary hypertension.
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Cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction can be dramatic.
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