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Pneumococcal disease – Alabama

Drug-resistant TB – Atlanta

Rift Valley fever – Somalia

Dengue – Myanmar

A 25 year old female arrives to the echo lab for evaluation of pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) for corrective surgery of Tetralogy of Fallot which consists of pulmonic valve stenosis.  How would this change our usual calculation in determining the PASP?

Elaine with COPD arrives to the echo lab with shortness of breath, lower extremity edema and difficulty breathing.  (wow, sounds like a fun echo! 😉       We obtain the peak velocity of the tricuspid regurgitant jet and see a value of 4 m/s.  What can we say about this velocity?

Cholera – Zimbabwe

A 65 year old woman arrives to the echo lab with shortness of breath, lower extremity edema and rapid heart rate.  What would be the most likely diagnosis?

Cholera – Guinea-Bissau

70 year old Allison arrives to the echo lab with shortness of breath and lower extremity edema.  The tricuspid annulus appears dilated, there is moderate to severe tricuspid regurgitation.  The right ventricle also looks impaired.  What are these possible echo signs of?