Trivia

Inspired by the life of Pierdante Piccioni, who suffers from retrograde amnesia, namely forgetting the last twelve years of his life, as a result of a car accident. He gradually rebuilds his life, and tries to reconstruct those memories through photos and stories from his wife and friends. His life would be dramatized on the Italian Television series DOC - Nelle tue mani (2020).

For our International audience, the episode title, "If at First You Don't Succeed...", is derived from the mantra "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, and try, again"

TTE is short for TransThoracic Echocardiography and TEE is short for TransEsophageal Echocardiography. Both are imaging techniques used to examine the heart. TTE is the most common type of echocardiogram, while TEE is invasive and more expensive. TTE, is a noninvasive or minimally invasive procedure that uses a transducer on the chest wall to capture images of the heart, TEE on the other hand, is an invasive procedure that uses a specialized probe inserted into the esophagus to capture images of the heart. TTE, is a quick screening tool to detect obvious for cardiac structural abnormalities , while TEE, used to provide clearer or more detailed images of the heart, especially the back of the heart .