What patients should you be testing for cardiac amyloidosis? In this episode, I talk with Dr. Daniel Lenihan, an expert in cardiac amyloidosis. We review the exciting advances in the field of cardiac amyloidosis from epidemiology to treatments. You might be surprised to hear how common this condition is.
Links to articles referenced: 1) Cardiac amyloid in patients undergoing carpal tunnel release surgery 2) Prevalence of amyloidosis among patients hospitalized for HFpEF
In this episode I visit with Dr. John Gorcsan, an expert in echocardiography and strain imaging, to discuss the utility of ejection fraction. We discuss how EF came to be used in clinical practice, the importance of it in heart failure and the variation in measurement. We introduce strain imaging and what that adds to ejection fraction, particularly in the setting of severe mitral regurgitation.
References from our discussion:
GLS in Acute Heart Failure – Park et al. JACC 2018
Strain in primary, asymptomatic MR- Mentias et al. JACC 2016
In this episode I meet with Dr Murali Chakinala, an expert in pulmonary hypertension at Washington University in St Louis. We review the groupings of pulmonary hypertension, diagnosis and management considerations.
