LAMBLS EXCRESCENCES

Course overview

LAMBL’S EXCRESCENCES, A HISTOLOGICAL TERM DESCRIBING RARE CARDIAC GROWTHS THAT DEVELOP AT THE VALVULAR COAPTATION SITES OF THE HEART WHICH ARE SEEN AS THIN, HYPERMOBILE, FILIFORM STRAND ON AN ECHOCARDIOGRAM. THESE FILIFORM STRANDS CAN BE NOTED ON ECHOCARDIOGRAM EITHER INCIDENTALLY OR IN ASSOCIATION WITH SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS SUCH AS EMBOLIC STROKE OR ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES AFTER THEY BREAK OFF AND EMBOLIZE TO DISTANT ORGANS. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF LAMBL'S EXCRESCENCES AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN MANAGING THESE PATIENTS.