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What is used to measure the velocity of myocardial tissue?

Click the area you would place the sample box for TAPSE to be performed. 

A “dagger shaped” waveform during LVOT doppler evaluation most likely indicates ________________ cardiomyopathy .

A patient is sent for an echocardiogram to rule out aortic stenosis. The image below is the patient’s aortic valve velocity. Estimate the max pressure gradient. 

Click the pleural effusion.

_________________________ causes leaflet thickening, scarring, calcification, and fusion of the chordae tendinae to the commisures. 

Vegetations typically attach on ___________________. 

Which valve lies the closest to the apex of the heart?

Is it more common to see cardiac remodeling in female athletes or male athletes?

Because of where they attach, myxomas do not affect diastolic filling and valve closure.