Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is the commonest genetically inherited cardiomyopathy. Check out this tutorial on anaesthetic implications for non-cardiac surgery

The commonest causes for aortic stenosis are calcific stenosis of a tricuspid valve, calcification of a bicuspid valve and rheumatic valve disease.

Over the last decade, focused transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has been proposed as a tool that is ideally suited to image patients in extremis—those in cardiac arrest and periarrest states.

Atrial Septal Defects account for 6-10% of all congenital heart disease & 30-40% of clinically important intra-cardiac shunts in adults. PFOs are present tin 20-25% of the adult population.

Clinical Case This case is from Dr Jorge Parras. A 60 year old man presents with acute pulmonary oedema, new murmur and is found to have gram positive cocci in…