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LECTURE HEART CXR CT MRI CARDIOMYOPATHY Notes Scales and Music The Cardiac Evaluation on the CXR – PA First step – Is the heart enlarged? Cardiothoracic ratio as a global method Cardiothoracic Ratio CARDIOMEGALY – THE CARDIOTHORACIC RATIO The maximum transverse length of the heart is expressed as a percentage of the maximum length of … Continue reading Lecture CXR CT MRI and Chloroquine Cardiomyopathy →

65 year old female with longstanding history of SLE, Lupus Sjogren’s and Raynaud’s  See TCV Jaccoud’s Arthropathy   ? Signs of Constriction Size of the Right Atrium Size of the Coronary Sinus ? Size of the Azygos Vein and IVC Links and References Joyce, E et al  Hydroxychloroquine cardiotoxicity presenting as a rapidly evolving biventricular cardiomyopathy: … Continue reading 002 Case Study Chloroquin Related Cardiomyopathy →

Buzzwords Pancarditis Mitral involvement is common – Nodules pericarditis most common reported Myocardial – increase ischemic and non ischemic Pericarditis less than 10 percent most frequently in patients with active rheumatoid disease and other extraarticular manifestations. Myocarditis — Myocarditis  usually associated with active articular disease granulomatous fibrotic  (more common in RA 46% )  involvement of … Continue reading Rheumatoid Arthritis and Heart Disease →

Buzz Pancarditis  pericardium, pericarditis 25% most common myocardium, myocarditis is rare  caused by vasculitis myocardial infarction 9X increase endocardium – Libman-Sacks 10%  mitral and tricuspid valve Cardiac complications in  about 50% and major cause of death Pericarditis Myocarditis occurs in nearly 10% of SLE patients and serves as a prominent contributor of the heart failure … Continue reading Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Heart Disease, SLE →

ANCA vasculitis (Anti-Neutrophilic Cytoplasmic Autoantibody) is a type of autoimmune disease that causes vasculitis. Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV)  is a group of diseases (granulomatosis with polyangiitis, eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis), characterized by destruction and inflammation of small vess. CT scan of a 67 year old female with anca  vasculitis shows regions of dystrophic calcification in the lateral aspect … Continue reading Anca Vasculitis →

Literature and the Heart Author  Assistant Shakespeare 1564-1616   Shakespeare used the word heart extensively.  There is an outstanding reference on the web called   Rhyme Zone: Shakespeare  that allows one to identify specific phrases in Shakespeare’s works and creates a link to the text.  When the word “heart ” was searched 206 results were found, about 60 … Continue reading Literature →

The Common Vein Copyright 2020 Buzz on Scleroderma and the Heart Pancarditis pulmonary hypertension secondary to lung and renal disease right sided disease – increase RV and RA pericardial disease myocardial disease, – myocardial fibrosis conduction system abnormalities, arrhythmias, Endocardium and valvular disease – infrequent Scleroderma – Involvement of Lungs Pleura Pericardium Heart and Esophagus 30464c02 … Continue reading Scleroderma →

THE COMMON VEIN Ashley Davidoff MD   Copyright 2018 TCV Home What is The Common Vein? Why Common and Why Vein? The Mission Understanding 1 + 1 = 1 Principles Art & Culture The Body Principles Image Library About the Author It’s About Life Understanding Life Around US Flowers and Plants Unicellular Bacteria Animals People and … Continue reading 01 The Common Vein →