Clozapine-Induced Cardiotoxicity Presenting as Sepsis: A Case Report and Literature Review by Mazin Khalid, Oluwole Jegede, Vijay Gayam, Ying Chi Yang, Binav Shrestha, Amrendra Mandal, Osama Mukhtar, Pavani Garlapati, Mowyad Khalid, Alix Dufresne

“…Clozapine was immediately discontinued, and his repeat echocardiogram showed normalization of his systolic function. …”
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Lactococcus garvieae: An Uncommon Human Pathogen Causing Infective Endocarditis in a Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement by Diego H. González-Bravo, Sergio Alegre-Boschetti, Richard Silva-Cantillo, Joshua Mercado-Maldonado, Reyshley Ramos-Márquez, Gabriel Torres-Rivera, Carlos Cortés, Josue Mercado-Crespo

“…Consequently, clinicians should pursue further this diagnosis with transesophageal echocardiogram and/or alternative imaging modalities (e.g., PET-CT scan and MRI) regardless of an initial negative transthoracic echocardiogram. …”
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Acute Myopericarditis after COVID-19 Vaccine in Teenagers by Shashikanth Ambati, Michael Colon, Maya Mihic, Javier Sanchez, Adnan Bakar

“…His troponin was found to be 40 ng/mL. He had a normal echocardiogram and chest CT angiogram. His troponins trended down with symptomatic pain management after 3 days. …”
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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in the Setting of Tension Pneumothorax by Michael Gale, Pablo Loarte, Brooks Mirrer, Thierry Mallet, Louis Salciccioli, Alison Petrie, Ronny Cohen

“…A chest X-ray revealed a large left-sided tension pneumothorax. Initial echocardiogram showed apical ballooning with a LVEF of 10–15%. …”
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A case of asymptomatic ST segment changes in cyclist with two myocardial bridges by Stefano Giraudi, Barbara Severgnini, Paolo Valli, Anna Teresa Pandiscia, Lucrezia Marchetti, Silvana Scarpini

“…A dobutamine stress echocardiogram and a bicycle stress echocardiogram were normal. …”
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Multivalvular Heart Disease: A Bedside Case Discussion for Residents by Prerna Garg, Saurav Suman, Abhinav Jain

“…The electrocardiogram and echocardiogram were reviewed. The stepwise diagnostic approach to a patient with valvular heart disease starting from history to examination and then evaluation of the investigations and planning the treatment is discussed for the training of cardiology fellows.…”
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Clinical and Prognostic Significance of Idiopathic Left Bundle-Branch Block in Young Adults by Pietro Delise, Luigi Rivetti, Giuseppe Poletti, Monica Centa, Giuseppe Allocca, Nadir Sitta, Arianna Cati, Giovanni Turiano, Emanuela Lanari, Paolo Zeppilli, Luigi Sciarra

“…Two patients (3.5%) underwent PM implantation owing to syncope. The echocardiogram at the end of follow-up revealed LV dysfunction in only one patient. …”
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Relationship Between Left Atrial Strain and Atrial Fibrillation: The Role of Stress Echocardiography by Alfredo Mauriello, Adriana Correra, Antonia Ascrizzi, Gerardo Elia Del Vecchio, Giovanni Benfari, Federica Ilardi, Matteo Lisi, Alessandro Malagoli, Giulia Elena Mandoli, Maria Concetta Pastore, Simona Sperlongano, Matteo Cameli, Vincenzo Russo, Antonello D’Andrea

“…LAS can be assessed with a resting echocardiogram. The evaluation of LAS during stress echocardiography represents another model for assessing LA function. …”
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Right ventricular failure due to subacute massive pulmonary embolism by Claudio Giumelli, Giacomo Bussolati, Patricia Granauro, Paolo Montanari

“…The case is accompanied by interesting iconography, including electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, ventilation-perfusion, pulmonary scintigraphy, and chest angio-computed tomography. …”
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Rare Case of Cavernous Haemangioma of the Right Atrium with Probable Hepatic Haemangioma by Sally Harrison

“…The mass was further investigated with a transthoracic echocardiogram that showed that it was echodense and arising from the Eustachian valve in the right atrium. …”
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Cerebral Ischemia due to Aortic Arch Thrombosis Secondary to Iron Deficiency Anemia by Taha Nisar, Rajanigandhi Hanumanthu

“…We concluded that embolic phenomenon in middle-aged females with IDA warrants transesophageal echocardiogram with an evaluation of aortic arch.…”
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Transition from Ambrisentan to Bosentan in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Single-Center Prospective Study by Su-Gang Gong, Lan Wang, Bigyan Pudasaini, Ping Yuan, Rong Jiang, Qin-Hua Zhao, Jing He, Rui Zhang, Wen-hui Wu, Jin-Ming Liu, Cai-cun Zhou

“…Methods: Twenty PAH patients were enrolled into the single-center, open-labelled prospective study. Echocardiogram, WHO functional class (WHO-FC), 6-minute walking distance (6MWD), right heart catheterization, and hemotology were collected. …”
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Cardiac Aspergilloma: A Rare Case of a Cardiac Mass Involving the Native Tricuspid Valve, Right Atrium, and Right Ventricle in an Immunocompromised Patient by Christina S. Chen-Milhone, Kalyan Chakravarthy Potu, Sudhir Mungee

“…We report a case of cardiac aspergilloma with involvement of the tricuspid valve and both the right atrium and ventricle found on a transthoracic echocardiogram in an immunocompromised patient after developing atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate. …”
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Prenatal Detection of Congenital Heart Diseases: One-Year Survey Performing a Screening Protocol in a Single Reference Center in Brazil by Luciane Alves Rocha, Edward Araujo Júnior, Liliam Cristine Rolo, Fernanda Silveira Bello Barros, Karina Peres da Silva, Ana Teresa Figueiredo Stochero Leslie, Luciano Marcondes Machado Nardozza, Antonio Fernandes Moron

“…We performed a fetal echocardiogram screening for all pregnant women who were referred to the fetal cardiology outpatient obstetrics clinic of a university hospital. …”
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Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease by Sherif Ali Eltawansy, Andrea Bakos, John Checton

“…The diagnosis was made by echocardiogram and confirmed by cardiac MRI. Noncompaction cardiomyopathy (also known as ventricular hypertrabeculation) is a newly discovered disease. …”
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Investigating a Case of Recurrent Pleural Effusion by Patrícia Rodrigues, Maria Neves, João Pedro Ferreira, Miguel Araújo Abreu, Fernanda Almeida

“…The pleural fluid was an exudate, rich in normal lymphocytes, and the echocardiogram, chest computerized axial tomography, and immunological, microbiological and cytological studies were negative. …”
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A Rare Case of an Ectopic Liver Presenting as Right Atrial Mass by Adhirath Doshi, Dhaval Shah, Shradha Gupta, Deepika Panday, Arie Farji-Cisneros, Eddison Ramsaran, Robert Bojar

“…We present the case of a 46-year-old woman with a 2.1×1.8 cm mass confirmed by transesophageal echocardiogram to be at the right atrial and inferior vena cava junction that was initially thought to be a myxoma which prompted surgical excision but subsequently identified as ectopic liver by histology.…”
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Aortic Root Abscess with Aorta to Right Atrium Fistula due to Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) by Stephen J. Hankinson, Elliot A. Sultanik, Gautam V. Ramani

“…This is the first case to discuss aortocavitary fistula (ACF) formation due to VISA. Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) is the preferred imaging modality to diagnose ACF.…”
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A Case of Severe Mitral Valve Regurgitation in a Patient with Leadless Pacemaker by Srikala R. Gumireddy, Minako Katayama, Hari P. Chaliki

“…An 85-year-old man with cardiac history notable for atrial fibrillation diagnosed 10 years ago which was being treated with atenolol and warfarin presented to our institution with persistent atrial fibrillation. His echocardiogram showed ejection fraction (EF) of 56%, no regional wall motion abnormalities, mild mitral and pulmonary regurgitation, and trivial tricuspid regurgitation. …”
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A Rare Case of Persistent Bacteremia: Leadless Micra Pacemaker Endocarditis by Himax Patel, Sean Harrell, Haitham Hreibe, Musa Sharkawi, Wael AlJaroudi

“…In patients with leadless pacing system that is persistently bacteremic in the future, evaluation of the device with transesophageal echocardiogram or intracardiac echocardiography should be performed, and if vegetation is noted on the device, device extraction should highly be considered, along with empiric intravenous antibiotics. …”
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