Ritu Thamman MD
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Ritu Thamman MD
@iamritu
Associate Professor #cardiologist #SoMe editor @CircOutcomes @JournalASEcho #BOD @ase360 @PittHealthSci @ColumbiaMed @NUFeinbergMed #echofirst #NewJersey girl
- 💔women wait 10 min longer to be seen for chest pain in ER 💔women less likely to be triaged as emergent case 💔women less likely to get ekg,or🫀monitor, or to be seen by a cardiologist in the ER for CP 💔less likely to be admitted 🏥 for CP #ACCWIC #ACC21 #DisparitiesOfCare
- I am sad to inform that my family friend and physician Dr. Priya Khanna is no longer with us Thank you to all that tried to save her, a young doctor from #COVID19 #HealthcareHeroes @DrRupaliGandhi @CardiacConsult @DBelardoMD @CMichaelGibson @Atul_SharmaMDPLEA for help! Plasma donor needed urgently for Dr. Priya Khanna, a nephrologist in NJ currently in critical condition w/ COVID 19, intubated & fighting for her life! Anyone that was COVID+ & symptom free for 2 weeks is an eligible donor. Contact group below. Please RT🙏
- New 3D “Glass” #echofirst tool -transillumination (TI) integrates a virtual light source into data set :better depth perception & orifice definition:shape, size,borders bit.ly/2HErYAX @JournalASEcho @ASE360 @rajdoc2005 @ilya_tweets @robertomlang @DocStrom @LucySafi
00:00 - 🔺aortopulmonary window connection b/w ascending aorta & main PA 🔺presence of 2 semilunar valves distinguishes this anomaly from truncus arteriosus 🔺Both semilunar valves normal in position from @ASE360 member Pamela Henderson @CASEfromASE #echofirst @kgzimmerman @rajdoc2005
00:00 - Multichamber myxoma: Carney complex (autosomal dominant, rare) bit.ly/3FLSSPu @ASE360 @CASEfromASE By age 30, 35% of females & 45% of males had at least one myxoma go.nature.com/33sMXC9 #echofirst
00:00 - Commotio Cordis is sudden blunt impact to chest ➡️sudden death in absence of cardiac damage Most important variable is timing of impact relative to cardiac cycle:upstroke of Tw 🆚Contusio Cordis(contusion) blunt chest trauma➡️ structural cardiac damage bit.ly/3CeIoJN
- pedunculated large mass with irregular borders attached to posterior P2 mitral annulus prolapsing into LV & smaller, secondary mass attached to Interatrial septum #echofirst Rare deadly spindle cell sarcoma bit.ly/3EF4nds
00:00 - Rare cause of aortic stenosis: unicuspid unicommisural aortic valve h/t @echo_stepbystep @DrBrianSolomon
- Braunwald reverses 35 year old stance in asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis &AVR bit.ly/3EBr0Tt Don’t wait for symptoms to develop in severe AS! No more “watchful waiting” #justdoit Act & send patient for TAVR or SAVR @JAMACardio
- #Timing of #Mitral #Regurgitation Early systole Late systole Holosystolic Biphasic #color #doppler #echofirst h/t @BonitaEcho
- Cutest #Echofirst ever: in a #African pygmy #hedgehog 🦔 examined due to a systolic heart murmur Findings: dilated & hyperechoic LV, dilated LA & mitral regurgitation #Preview will be in @CASEfromASE from Rebecca Stepien @uwvetmed
- Replying to @RoxanaDaneshjouIn our home, it was filled with atta (flour) used to make daily roti’s (bread):the round shape of the container was the perfect shape to coat the rolled rotis in flour- thanks for bringing up a happy memory
- In Atrial Functional MR can get “Hamstringing”of posterior MV leaflet due to massive LA dilation;this “atriogenic” leaflet tethering is from displaced posterior annulus onto crest of LV inlet resulting in⬆️in annulopapillary distance restricting leaflet motion #echofirst
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