Books from 2025
Severe Mitral Bioprothesis Stenosis, A Clinical Dilemma Solved By The SAPIEN 3 Valve, Haris Ahmed, Natalia C. Badillo-Velez, Awad Hammad, Andrea DeNeen, and Youssef Al Saghir
Nondominant Right Coronary Artery Occlusion Leading to an Anterior ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Taha Ahmed, Taylor Wood, Austin Harris, Rajan Desai, Garima Handa, Naoki Misumida, and Amartya Kundu
Baroreceptor Activating Therapy and Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: An Electrical Mismatch?, Eboselumen Aigbe, Gunjan Mundhra, Munachiso Egbo, and Yuhning Linda Hu
Left Ventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report., Reza Alavi, Hector Armando Sanchez Garcia, Mohamad Ahmad, and Rami Akel
Utility of Incorporating Radiological Findings of Right Heart Strain in Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism for Risk Stratification of Adverse Outcomes: A Retrospective Analysis, Joshua Amaya, Sameer Allahabadi, Daniel L. Habenicht, John Hunton, Amal M. Khan, Subhash Venigalla, Curran Reddy, Jeremy V. Doan, Grace Wang, Daniel R. Eickenhorst, and Shovendra Gautam
Clinical Outcomes After Hospitalization for Acute Coronary Syndrome in Patients Treated with Semaglutide Versus Bariatric Surgery: A Retrospective Multicenter Analysis, Nameer Ascandar, Charles Boadu, Gauthier Stepman, George Skaf, Olugbenga Oyesanmi, Sabry Omar, Rias Ali, and Michael Schandorf-Lartey
Severity of Peripheral Artery Disease Predicting Clinical Outcomes and 30-day Non-Elective Readmission in Patients Admitted for Atrial Fibrillation, Nameer Ascandar, Joshini Simon, Jeff Steinhoff, Reetom Bera, and Herschel Tian
Acute Ischemic Stroke in the setting of Lambl’s Excrescenses, Natalia C. Badillo, Jay Heckert, Yoan Rodriguez, and Ashu Dhanjal
A Unique Case of Multi-Culprit Thrombosis in a Patient Presenting with STEMI, Charles Boadu, Erlyana Clarke Shaw, Vindhya Pandyaram, Tochukwu Nzeako, Masi Javeed, and Peter Di Martino
Gerbode Defect Resulting from Ineffective Treatment of Infective Endocarditis: A Case Report, Kassandra Carter, Philip Reed, and James Gentry
When the Chest and Heart Connect: A Rare Case Presentation of Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm, Victor DelPrincipe, Aditya Sharma, Wendy Phillips, Malik Amir, and Sanjeev Nair
Development of Intra-Hospital Ceftriaxone Resistance of Serratia Marcescens Endocarditis, Mahyar Doraji, Michael Denney, Adeel Malik, Praveen Chekka, and Nishant K. Nerella
Beyond AVNRT: A Case of Coexisting Adenosine-Sensitive Focal Atrial Tachycardia, Kareem Elgendi, Brandon Quintana, Christopher Wilson, and Marsall Marcus
Evaluating the Predictive Power of GRACE and TIMI Risk Scores in Patients with Autoimmune Collagen Vascular Disorders Presenting with NSTEMI and STEMI, Masi Javeed, Camila Jaramillo, Rias Ali, Serena Wasilewski, and Olu Oyesanmi
Impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Traditional Risk Factors on Outcomes in Acute Coronary Syndrome, Masi Javeed, Camila Jaramillo, Sai Santosh Sreenivasan, Rias Ali, and Monicka S. Felix
Not your Average Syncope: A Case of Bifascicular Block, Shuchita Jhaveri, Maria Amigo, Zahoor Khan, and Marloe Prince
SLE and APS Synergy: Aortic Dissection, Neil Maithel, Ali Asghar, Rabia Mahfooz, Ibrahim Musa, Hasnan Ijaz, and Thomas Alexander
Bradycardia in a Renal Transplant Patient Receiving Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin, John Mathew, Victor DelPrincipe, Seline Haci, Karthik Anand, and Rangina Farhad
Pacing-Induced Cardiomyopathy After Leadless Pacemaker Placement, Kathleen Mattingly, Ann Opondo, Abdullah Elnaji, Heena Patel, Jonathan Grube, Heather Reed, and Justin Reed
Persistent Femoral Pseudoaneurysm Closure Using a Suture-Mediated Closure Device: A Novel Approach, Veniamin Melnychuk, Chiraag Ashokkumar, Gunjan Mundhra, Rayan Alsaghir, Aliha Syeda, Mubbasher Syed, and Youssef M. Al-Saghir
A Rare Case of Right sided May-Thurner Syndrome Diagnosis and Treatment, Sania Moonnumackel, Akhil Gade, Anand Karthik, and Machaiah Madhrira
Thyroid Storm and High Output Heart Failure, a Perfect Storm, Gunjan Mundhra, Haris Ahmed, Rebecca Schuyler, Karina Bidani, and Justin Gisel
Left-Sided Mitral Valve Thrombosis in a Young Patient: Successful Thrombolytic Management, Ashkan Nasr, Luay Alalawi, Thomas Alexander, Vishesh Persaud, Medha Chunduru, and Mahmood Ahmed
Multi-Center Survey of Medicine Residents and Self-Assessment on Cardiac Complications in Obstetric Patients, Kevyn Niu, Christie A. Tran, Robert J. Subbiondo MD, and Olubenga Oyesanmi
Decoding the Evidence: A Synopsis of Indications and Evidence for Catheter Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation (Review), Omar Obeidat, Mohamed F. Ismail, Saeed Abughazaleh, Hashim Al-Ani, Mohammad Tarawneh, Laith Alhuneafat, Ali Obeidat, Abedallah Obeidat, Qusai Alqudah, Moh'd Daise, Hamza M. Alzghoul, Mohammad Al-Hammouri, Ward Althunibat, Ann Tong, and Mazahir Alimohamed
Diversity is Essential in Cardiovascular Medicine and Subspecialties: A Comprehensive Report of Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Representation among Cardiovascular Fellows from 2005 to 2022., Omar Obeidat, Mohammad Tarawneh, Saeed Abughazaleh, Nausheen Akhter, and Ann Tong
Unbreak My Heart: Improving the Cardiac Rehabilitation Referral Rate, Akash Patel, Samer Khalil, Iman Squires, Abed Naser, Eric Vargas, Manuel Carrazana, and Olga Karasik
A Case of a Massive Right Atrial Thrombus Removal Under Transesophageal Echocardiographic Guidance, Justin Phillips, Max Kabolowsky, Alex M. Hendon, and Samantha Arzillo
Recurrent Syncope in a Young Adult with Postural OrthostaticTachycardia Syndrome (POTS): A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge, Syed Raza, Shuchita Jhaveri, Neethu George, and Julian Nguyen
Right Radial Artery Occlusion Post-Impella Removal: A Case of First Radial Stenting Following Axillary Impella Placement, Sacha Saba, Joshini Simon, Mohamed Tashani, Jeffery Steinhoff, and Jesse Klein
Axillary Artery Thrombosis After LVAD Explantation Managed With Thrombectomy and Stenting, Sacha Saba, Joshini Simon, Mohamed Tashani, Jeffrey Steinhoff, and Jesse Klein
Successful Mechanical Aspiration of Malignant Right Atrial Myoepithelial Tumor in Setting of Recurrent Lung Cancer, Stefan Sarkovich, Saro Mazmanian, Rama Sai Kalyanam, and Rami Akel
When Innocent Becomes Malignant... Unmasking STEMI through PVCs, Sharul Saxena, Jomel Jacinto, and Yuhning Linda Hu
No Patient Left Behind: Improving Transition of Care in Coronary Artery Disease and Heart Failure Patients, Rebecca Schuyler, Gunjan Mundhra, and Mubbasher Syed
Assessing the Role of Negative Troponin Tests in Discharge Decisions and Long-Term Outcomes for ED Chest Pain patients, Rajiv Shah, Nicholas Pennington, Julia Iman, Dominic Juarez, Akriti Arora, and Dennis Besong
Unintentional Lead Dislodgement in Twiddler’s Syndrome, Howard Tan, Ashok Chaudhary, Nishant Nerella, and Suman Pasupuleti
Not Your Typical Chest Pain: Anomalous RCA, Suhas Tatapudi, Nomair Ashraf, E Castillo, Jeby Kalathoor, Hytham Rashid, Ibrahim Yazji, and M Daniel
Micra-Scopic Hero: Rare Unroofed Cornoary Sinus Complicating Pacemaker Placement, Suhas Tatapudi, E Castillo, Jeby Kalathoor, Zuhair Ali, Hytham Rashid, and R Cargioli
Sex-Related Differences in Survival and Safety Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Meta-Analysis of Reconstructed Time-to-Event Data, Kiarash Tavakoli, Negin Sadat Hosseini Mohammadi, Parisa Fallahtafti, Sima Shamshiri Khamene, Maryam Taheri, Pouya Ebrahimi, Pegah Bahiraie, Elaheh Karimi, Mohammad Mobin Alishahi, Mohammadreza Pazoki, Nazanin Anaraki, Sina Kazemian, Ramtin Khanipour, Omar K Khalique, Heidi Thomas May, Rosy Thachil, Mina H Iskander, Abdul Waheed, and Kaveh Hosseini
The Final Beat: A Case Report on Recurrent Endocarditis and the Ethical Dilemmas of Surgical Futility, Jenie Yeh, Marek Solomianko, and Robert Sanchez
Daily Weights, Better Outcomes: The Positive Impact of Daily Weight Tracking in Hospitalized Patients on the Telemetry Floor, Sophia Zia, David Ortega, Lailany Agront-Davo, Merid Moqattash, William Lopez, Sirin Khajaviyan, Yagmur Beaman, and Michael Craig
Beyond the Norm: Decoding Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection as an Unusual Cause of Acute Coronary Syndrome, Holden Zimmerman, Himanshi Banker, Inder P. Kaur, Jaskaran Munjal, Vasu Gupta, Ayushi Garg, Nikita Garg, Meet Patel, and Rohit Jain
Books from 2024
The Use of AngioVac in Large Sized Vegetations With Tricupsid Valve Infective Endocarditis, Haris Ahmed, Ly Tran, and Youssef Al Saghir
AI-Supported Diagnosis of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in a Patient with Adrenal Pheochromocytoma, Muhannad Akel, Ammer Haffar, and Christian Zellner
Multiple Anomalous Coronary Arteries With Right Sinus of Valsalva Origin: A Case Report., Abraheim Al-Nasseri, Nathaniel Leavitt, Usman Kazi, Aakash Patel, and Hari Kannam
Unveiling the Uncommon: Angina as a Rare Symptom in Cardiac Myxomas Cardiac Myxoma and Angina, Abraheim Al-Nasseri, Amel Tabet Aoul, Usman Kazi, Sawrajpal Singh, and Alaa Boulad
Uncovering the Risks and Benefits of Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closure in Cryptogenic Stroke: A Case Study., Matt Bommarito, Great Ogujiofor, Neha Patel, Rami Akel, and Marek Krysztofiak
Anomalous Anomaly: A Rare Case of the RCA Arising from the Mild LAD, Heriberto Cantu, Luay Alalawi, Ahmed Mahmood, and Thomas Alexander
A Dramatic Case of Acute Biventricular Failure Secondary to Acute Myocardial infraction, Heriberto Cantu, Ahmed Mahmood, Luay Alalawi, and Thomas Alexander
A Unique Case of Goodpasture's Syndrome-Induced Cardiorenal Syndrome, Chidambaram Chinniah, Alexander Pyronneau, Gauthier Stepman, and Rias Ali
Starting a General Cardiovascular Fellowship at Community Hospital Interestingly improved Cath Lab Quality Metrics across the board, Chimbu Chinniah, George Skaf, Ziran Young, and Gauthier Stepman
The Wallet Biopsy: Medical Crowdfunding for Heart Transplantation, Ersilia M Defilippis, Adhya Mehta, Fatimah A Alkhunaizi, Christy N Taylor, José Lopez, Laura McLaughlin, Vanessa Blumer, and Nasrien E Ibrahim
STEMI Alert Notification System at HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital: A Quality Improvement Project, Jomel Jacinto, Pranav Bommineni, Steven Goodfriend, and Mubbasher Syed
Remdesivir-Induced Bradycardia: A Multicenter Retrospective Analysis, Jomel Jacinto, Tharshikha Pirapakaran, Israa Algburi, Thais Schwartz, and Yuhning Linda Hu
Digoxin Toxicity in the Setting of Alcohol Intoxication, A Case Report, Manuel A. Jimenez, Eliann Reinhardt, and Bryan Curry
MCS Assisted High Risk Multi-Vessel Percutaneous Intervention in Cardiogenic Shock Patient with LV Thrombus, Amanpreet Kaur, Akhil Gade, Srinivasan Rajaganapathy, Ruben Abreu, and Victor DelPrincipe
Left Atrial Myxoma with Cardiogenic Shock Following a Myocardial Infarction: A Case Report, Ian Lancaster, Tara Hrobowski-Blackman, Deep Patel, Lubna Chatoor, Joshini Simon, and Andrew C. Willinger
Symptomatic Idiopathic Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm: A Case Report and a Mini-Review of the Literature, Caitlin Merrin, Nyein Chan Swe, and George Degheim
Same Day Surgery and Discharge After Cardiac Device Implantation, Aakash Patel, Abraheim Al-Nasseri, Usman Kazi, and Mahyar Doraji
Intra-Cardiac Thrombus-In-Transit: A Ticking Time Bomb, Visesh Persaud, Austin Makadia, Saiara Choudhury, Asad Chohan, and Abhay Vakil
Post Operative Atrial Fibrillation after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Octogenarians: A Systematic Review, M Eliann Reinhardt, Manuel Jimenez, Priya Mohan, and Bernardo Reyes
Knock-Knock an Unwelcome Shock with Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation with Rapid Ventricular Response After AV Node/Junction Ablation, Rebecca Schuyler and Yuhning Hu
Comparison of Standard and Extended Dexamethasone Duration on Mortality in Patients with Severe COVID-19, Andrew Sephien, Marc Lozano, Sean-Patrick Prince, Denisse Camille Dayto, Caroline Minton, Ambuj Kumar, Nishant Nerella, and Guarav Shah
A Retrospective Study on the Effect of RAAS Pathway Inhibitors at Decreasing the Risk of Acute Coronary Syndrome in Hypertensive Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis as Compared to Other Antihypertensives, Yousuf Sherwani, Asad Risvi, and Senthil Thambidorai
Recurrent Non-Sustained Ventricular Tachycardias in a Patient with Suspicion of Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report, Chinar Singh, Meng Xie, Poonam Choudhry, and Asif Jawaid
Assessment of Contributing Risk Factors Leading to Heart Failure in Patients Who Are Methamphetamine Users., Magnus To, Javad Savoj, Joseph Kraft, Joseph Chang, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Christian Vandever, Rajesh Gulati, and Mimi Biswas
Comparing Incidence of ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Patients 18-44 Years of Age During the COVID-19 Pandemic In A Large Healthcare Enterprise, Ly Tran, Rebecca Schuyler, Andrea DeNeen, and Mubbasher Syed
Submissions from 2023
Association of Thiazide Diuretics With Diabetes Progression, Kidney Disease Progression, Cardiovascular Outcomes, and Death Among Patients With Diabetes Who Initiate Statins, Hesham Afify, Ubaldo Gonzalez Morales, Abdo Asmar, Carlos A Alvarez, and Ishak A Mansi
Clinical Decision Making in a Challenging Case: A Case of Anomalous Origin of the Right Coronary Artery with Interarterial Course Presents with Sudden Cardiac Death, Israa Al-Gburi, Amid Bitar, and Reem Alqader
Case Report: Use of Impella 5.5 For 77 Days Prior To Heart Transplantation, Sahajahan Ashraf
COVID-19-Induced Complete Heart Block: Case Series and Literature Review, Raghav Bassi, Zeeshan Ismail, Joshua K. Salabei, Kipson Richard Charles, Asad Haider, Abdullahi Hussein, and Andrew Smock
A Rare Case of Gigantic Ascending Aortic Arch Thrombus, Srujana Dasari, Akhil R. Gade, Nethuja Salagundla, Chandralekha Ashangari, and Rashonda Carlisle
A Rare Case of Von Gierke causing Severe Aortic Stenosis, Srujana Dasari, Akhil R. Gade, Nethuja Salagundla, Chandralekha Ashangari, and Rashonda Carlisle
Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Presenting as Left Ventricular Aneurysm in a 74-Year-Old African American Male, Daniel Diez, Joel Brooks Tamayo, Jennifer Rodriguez-Belen, Jorge Hernandez Canciobello, Amr El-Tella, Kevin Mancheno, Kevin Manceno, Jorge X. Montilla, James Davenport, and Yeissen Godinez
Efficacy of Apixaban in Nonhemorrhagic Stroke Prevention in Morbid Obesity, Jason Findlay, Kruten Patel, Justin Chen, and Jared Krainin
Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring in Asymptomatic Patients, Bilal Hussain, Ahmed Mahmood, Michael G. Flynn, and Thomas Alexander
SARS-CoV-2: Current Tools to Fight COVID-19 ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction., Syed Ifthikar, Javad Savoj, Harjeet P. Singh, and Patrick Hu
Achieving Health Equity in the Care of Patients with Heart Failure., Jose L. Lopez, Gustavo Duarte, Christy N Taylor, and Nasrien E Ibrahim
Rare Sequela of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection, Muhammad Madkour and Ashis Mukherjee
Frequency and Predictors of All-Cause In-Hospital Mortality in Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement: A Nationwide Inpatient Analysis, 2011-2015, Ahmed Mahmood, Hasnan Ijaz, Muhammad Uzair Lodhi, Sohail Khan, and Thomas Alexander
Percutaneous Closure of Aorto-Right Fistula: An Interesting Case of Marfan's Syndrome and Fistula Formation, Ahmed Mahmood, Vivek Nadipalli, Muhammad Uzair Lodhi, Bilal Hussain, Carlos E. Vargas, Sohail Khan, Christel Cuevas, and Thomas Alexander
Patient With Missed Right Ventricular Rupture From Blunt Trauma Remains Hemodynamically Stable for 3 Days, Mohammad Memon, Taylor Kirkman, Michael Wahl, Rami Akel, and Ali Dahhan
Utilizing A Mechanical Aspiration Device to Debulk Intracardiac Mass, Vivek Nadipalli, Ahmed Mahmood, Muhammad Uzair Lodhi, Christel Cuevas, Scott McKinstry, and Thomas Alexander
Lazarus Syndrome After Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Kevyn Niu, Jamie Lee Aldakkour, Charles Huyghues-Despointes, and Yizhi Lin
Left Atrial Myxoma With Aortic Insufficiency Leading to Cerebrovascular Accident, Kevyn Niu, Manuel Torres Velez, and Yizhi Lin
The Domino Effect: Spontaneous Abortions as a Sequela of Eisenmenger Syndrome, Riddhiben Patel, Anas Hamadeh, Laura Montoya, and Senthil Thambidorai
Fatal Atrio-Esophageal Fistula Presenting as New Onset Seizures, Hytham Rashid, Jonathan Brown, Eryn Percenti, Justin Saunders, and Sivatej Sarva
Rare Case of Chylopericardium Status Post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, Hytham Rashid, Harris R. Khawaja, Ashley Charales, Essam Girgawy, Ramesh Kesavan, and Michael Daniel
Complications of Cardiopulmonary Bypass From an Anesthesia Perspective: A Clinical Review, Alex Roberts, Elizabeth C. Duncan, Paul Hargrave, David Redding Kingery, Josh Barnes, Derek L. Horstemeyer, and Russell F. Stahl
Anti-Factor Xa Level Monitoring for Enoxaparin Prophylaxis and Treatment in High-Risk Patient Groups, Lucie Sikes, Kipson Charles, Abigail Antigua, Rima Patel, Selina Imboywa, and Pheba Cherian
Right Atrial Malignant Multi-Focal High-grade Angiosarcoma with Pulmonary Metastasis, Ly Tran, Jomel Jacinto, Christopher Blakely, and Ibrahim Fahdi
Books from 2022
What Residents Need to Know About Cardiology Fellowships, Thomas Alexander, Carlos Vargas, and Mina Bhatnagar
Fix the Heart, Damage the Gut: A Case Report and Literature Review of Ablation-Induced Gastroparesis, Mrhaf Alsamman, Bilal Ashraf, Bernard Dankyi, and Niti Aggarwal
Heart Block as a Rare Complication of Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis: Awareness is the Key, Mrhaf Alsamman, Jing Hao Du, Naser Mubarak, Anamarys Blanco, and Kenneth Iyamu
Update on Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator: A Comprehensive Review of Literature, Mrhaf Alsamman, Adesh Prashad, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Tehreem Khalid, and Rakesh Prashad
Accuracy of the GRACE Score in Predicting Mortality in Patients with COVID-19, Keyvan Amini Noghondar, Jazmine Duran, Megan Stevens, Brendon Cornett, and Daniel Ortiz
Eustachian Valve Infective Endocarditis: A Rare Consequence of Implanted Venous Access Ports, Larissa Check, Lidice Galindo, Gabriela Figueroa, Robert Sherertz, and Shashi Nagabandi
A Case Report of Myopericarditis in a Young Female, Neda Ebrahimi, Tal Do, Juan Taveras, and Oscar Munoz
Bidirectional Ventricular Tachycardia in Acute Multivessel Myocardial Infarction, Frank C. Hsu, Justin Hao Goh, Andrew Jung, Milan Patel, Rami Akel, and Kenneth Yamamura
Thyroid Steal Syndrome Secondary to Active Hyperthyroid State, Harrison Humphries, Johnathon Chung, Reza Pirzadeh, Wesley Jones, and Mohamad Ezzeldin