Tag Steve W. Leung

Endocrine Disease

Endocrine diseases can result in cardiovascular alterations in response to changes in homeostasis. Diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disease and is discussed in detail in another chapter. In this chapter, we cover the other major endocrine diseases along…

Right Heart Thrombi

Acknowledgment The authors acknowledge the contributions of Dr. Vrinda Sardana, who was the author of this chapter in the previous edition. Right heart thrombi (RHT) are relatively common but can often be missed on routine echocardiography without careful image acquisition…