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BACKGROUND: Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is usually suspected when dyspnoea and acute right-ventricular (RV) dysfunction coexist. Chronic loculated pericardial effusion may compress the right chambers and blunt symptoms and RV imaging markers. We report a case in which pericardial compression dominated the haemodynamic picture while a multifocal segmental PE…

INTRODUCTION Myocardial bridges are common congenital coronary anomalies in which a segment of an epicardial artery—most often the left anterior descending (LAD)—takes an intramyocardial course. Systolic compression and delayed diastolic expansion of the tunneled segment may produce dynamic flow limitation, potentially leading to ischemia‑related ST–T changes or arrhythmias. Speckle…

A 76-year-old woman presented with long-standing anasarca. History included chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy with coronary artery bypass (LIMA–LAD), surgical bioprosthetic replacement of severe aortic stenosis and arterial hypertension. Blood tests and abdominal imaging showed liver cirrhosis with marked hypoalbuminemia. Viral, autoimmune, metabolic and alcohol-related causes were excluded, suggesting cardiac cirrhosis….

Background: The GLIDE score is a simple five-component scoring system that can be readily obtained during transesophageal echocardiographic imaging and has been shown to predict the likelihood of procedural success with transcatheter tricuspid edge-to-edge repair (T-TEER). Patients with a high GLIDE score (≥4 points) are less likely to benefit…

Background: Type A aortic dissection is a life-threatening emergency. Painless forms, especially when computed tomography angiography (CTA) is non–ECG-gated and performed for non-aortic indications, may escape diagnosis. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) can be crucial when acute severe aortic regurgitation and heart failure are present, particularly if the clinical picture is…

Background : Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) causes myocardial involvement that can be characterized by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) late gadolinium enhancement (LGE). Whether left atrial strain is associated with LGE segment burden after accounting for left ventricular (LV) global longitudinal strain (GLS) remains unclear. Methods : We retrospectively included 56…

The image shows a giant pseudoaneurysm of the basal and mid segments of inferior portion of the septum and of the inferior wall of the left ventricle as a late complication (after about one mount) of a subacute myocardial infarction in 70-year-old woman, underwent percutaneous revascularization of a totally…