328. ACHD: Eisenmenger Syndrome with Dr. Alex...

CardioNerds guest hosts Dr. Apoorva Gangavelli and Dr. Georgia Vasilakis, alongside Dr. Flavia Tejada, Dr. Ahmad Ahmad, and Dr. Blanca Simon Frances from MedStar Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University for a case discussion on rapidly progressive heart failure and the ur ...  Show more

In this episode, the CardioNerds (Dr. Dinu Balanescu, Dr. Billy Joe Mullinax, and Dr. Akiva Rosenzveig) take a deep dive into the world of the surgical management of pulmonary embolism (PE) with faculty expert, Dr. Joshua Goldberg. We start from the pathophysiology of PE and its ...  Show more

In this episode, we will go over congenital heart defects in a Q&A format, focusing on the presentation and major risk factors of each. The acyanotic heart defects include VSD, ASD, and PDA. The cyanotic heart defects include Truncus Arteriosus, Transposition of the Great Vessels ...  Show more

In this episode, we review the high-yield topic of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Eisenmenger Syndrome ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠from the Cardiovascular section. Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ...  Show more

he ductus arteriosus (DA) is a structure that allows blood pumped from the right side of the heart to bypass the lungs while the fetus is developing in utero. Normally, the DA closes shortly after birth and becomes the ligamentum arteriosum. When the DA fails to close (remains ...