Insightful comments from @JonMagne on indexation of #echofirst measures. Paper by Angus Fung Martin Ugander David Playford Rebecca Kozor pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37938592/

55 yo male LVM 180g (90 g/m2) = upper range of normal LVEDV 125ml (63 ml/m2) = lower range of normal What is normal mass for a given EDV? 🚫LVM/EDV (mass/volume ratio, MVR) not good ✅ Global Thickness is much better! A new #LVH #WhyCMR paper 🧵 1/n

🫀Can #exercise systolic #blood #pressure response identify #hypertensive pts considered normotensive? Find out here👇 doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc… Massimo Piepoli Thomas Lindow Nicholas Cauwenberghs, PhD Kristofer Hedman Monica Tiberi Flavio D'Ascenzi Martino Pengo, MD Elena Cavarretta EAPCPresident Oxford Journals

*Mitral valve assessment by TTE* Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), when performed with care and diligence, can reveal a lot about the valve. TOE isn't necessary in all cases to determine leaflet pathology. A worked example below:

🧵Atrial strain 1/ In Norway, we have an idiom: “The north wind is just as cold, from wherever it blows”, meaning the basic properties of something doesn’t change with the perspective you apply.

Postdoc job with Rebecca Kozor & me in Sydney 😎🇦🇺 ✅Cardiac imaging clin research, no clin role ✅Req: MD and PhD or mult 1st author papers ✅Paid, 1 yr f/t, + option to extend ✅Apply by 22 Sept tinyurl.com/USydCMR #WhyCMR #EchoFirst #YeSCCT #ECG

Determining heart age by ECG can be done even without the need for a P wave (read, applicable in #AF). Our latest paper led by Zaidon Al-Falahi