by Emily Cino | Jul 30, 2026 | Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation
Acute valvular emergencies are uncommon, but when they present they can rapidly become life-threatening. Patients often arrive with undifferentiated respiratory failure, pulmonary edema, hypotension, or cardiogenic shock, and the initial diagnosis may not be obvious....
by Thariq Badiudeen | Jul 16, 2026 | Cardiology, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Ultrasound
Valvular heart disease is everywhere in emergency medicine, but it is sneaky. We see the older patient with recurrent dyspnea whose chest radiograph is unremarkable and BNP is only mildly elevated. We see the patient in shock whose physiology never quite fits sepsis....
