Submissions from 2023
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
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
Submissions from 2022
A Case Report of Myopericarditis in a Young Female, Neda Ebrahimi, Tal Do, Juan Taveras, and Oscar Munoz
Complications of TAVR From an Anesthesia Perspective, David R. Kingery Jr., Alex Roberts, Derek Horstemeyer, and Russell Stahl
Infected Retained Catheter-Related Sheath, an Underrecognized Complication of Central Venous Catheter Insertion: A Case Report., Omar Obaid, James Skorczewski, Akash Patel, and Matthew Meleka
Submissions from 2021
Cardiovascular Outcomes With Anti-Inflammatory Therapies: Review of Literature., Ramy Abdelmaseih, Mrhaf Alsamman, Mohammed A. Faluk, and Syed Mustajab Hasan
A Dilemma of Hemorrhage vs Thrombosis: A Case of Watchman Device Thrombus in a Patient with Intracranial Hemorrhage History, Tamer A. Amer, Caitlin Merrin Romeo, Zaw Win Tun, Mena Yacoub, Ali Ebrahimi, and George Degheim
Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Blockers Prior to Hospitalization and Their Association With Clinical Outcomes in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Ranjit Banwait, Devina Singh, Anamarys Blanco MD, Vaibhav Rastogi, and Khalid Abusaada
Mechanical Circulatory Assist Devices: Available Modalities and Review of Literature, Mohammed A. Faluk, Syed Mustajab Hasan, Tianyu Jiang, Ramy Abdelmaseih, and Jigar H. Patel MD
Alarming trends in the frequency of malignant hypertension among admissions with a known cannabis use disorder., Hee Kong Fong, Muhammad Uzair Lodhi, Venkata Neelima Kothapudi, Sandeep Singh, and Rupak Desai
Methamphetamine Associated Cardiomyopathy in Pregnancy: The Distinctions and the Implications, Ashan Hatharasinghe and Hossein Akhondi
An Assessment of the Diagnostic Value in Syncope Workup: A Retrospective Study, Ashan T. Hatharasinghe, Kayvon Etebar, Ryan Wolsky, Hossein Akhondi, and Napatkamon Ayutyanont
Incessant Refractory Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, Michele M. Iguina, Shaun Smithson, and Mauricio Danckers
Complex Clinical Course of Unsuccessfully Revascularized Right Coronary Artery, Ana Inashvili, Ruifang Yang, Benjamin Kilpatrick, David Goldgrab, Hector Garza, Mauricio Gomez, Christian Perzanowski, Tehreen Khan, William Bugni, and Stephen Mester
Malignant Multivessel Coronary Spasm, Ana Inashvili, Ruifang Yang, Benjamin Kilpatrick, David Goldgrab, Hector Garza, Devansh Patel, Tehreen Khan, Robert Dewhurst, Stephen Mester, and William Bugni
A Rare Presentation of an Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Obscured Due to the Simultaneous Presence of Acute Pancreatitis, Amrin M. Kharawala, Nirav Brahmbhatt, Huzefa Bhopalwala, Nakeya Dewaswala, Adnan Bhopalwala, Waqas Ghumman, and Robert Dean Chait
Rapidly Enlarging Mycotic Coronary Artery Aneurysm Caused by Bacterial Seeding Involving Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus and Klebsiella Pneumoniae, Taylor Kirkman, Mohammad Ahmad, Masi Javeed, Sudhir Agarwal, and Rami Akel
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in a Patient With Coronary Sinus Ostial Stenosis, Robert Kleyman, Thomas Galante, and Kenneth Yamamura
Acute on Chronic Theophylline Toxicity in an Elderly Patient, Alexander Kong, somshukla ghosh, Chelsea Guan, Brittany L. Fries, and Floyd W. Burke
A Growing Two-Decade-Old True Left Ventricular Aneurysm: A Case Report, Alexander Kong, Ramses Ramirez Damera, Alberto Perez Buitrago, Hiep C. Nguyen, and Sayed T. Hussain
Is Endurance Training Harmful to Older Athletes in the Long Run? An Interesting Case of Exercise-Induced Ventricular Tachycardia, Nader Lamaa, Jose L. Lopez, Amer Zeizoun, and Kenneth Zide
Trichobezoer: An Unusual Presentation with Congestive Heart Failure, Madeeha Malik, Fatima Javed, Bassam Helou, and Furrukh Malik
Do Certain Biomarkers Predict Adverse Outcomes in Coronavirus Disease 2019?, Hiba Narvel, Anam Sayed, Nida Narvel, Shreyas Yakkali, and Tasleem Katchi
An Atypical Etiology of Acute Pericarditis: A Case Report, Shelley Persaud, Bir Partap Singh, and Debra Angelo
Anomalous Origin of the Right Coronary Artery From the Ascending Aorta Above the Left Sinus of Valsalva, Ramses Ramirez Damera, Muhammad Ijlal Khan, Kay T. Kline, and Neelma Katukuri
Chest Pain from Pneumopericardium with Gastropericardial Fistula, Abdullah Rathur, Hussein Al-Mohamad, Jeffrey Steinhoff, and Ronald Walsh
Progressive Collateral Stenosis Leading to Symptomatic Chronic Total Occlusion, Farhan Shah and Andrew Maiolo
Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Pulmonary Hypertension: A Review of Literature, Farhan Shah, Shaidy Moronta, Michalla Braford, and Nelson Greene
Not Just Contaminant: A Rare Case of Corynebacterium Endocarditis of a Native Valve, Samantha I. Smith and William Cox
Barriers to Care in Resistant Hypertension, Alice I. Solademi-Dunkle and Sarah Turner
Impact of Hyperthyroidism on In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients with Heart Failure, Kunjan Udani, Dveet Patel, Leslie Hart, and Vinod Nambudiri
A Retrospective Study of Admission NT-proBNP Levels as a Predictor of Readmission Rate, Length of Stay and Mortality, Kunjan Udani, Dveet Patel, and Andrew Mangano
Submissions from 2020
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a Healthy Male: A Case Report and Literature Review, Ramy Abdelmaseih MD, S. Mustajab Hasan MD, Jay D. Patel D.O., Alauddin Elhag, and Jigar H. Patel M.D.
Implantable Loop Recorders for Cardiac Dysrhythmia Monitoring, Krishna Akella, Ghulam Murtaza, Domenico Della Rocca, Naresh Kodwani MD, Rakesh Gopinathannair, Andrea Natale, and Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy
Implementation of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign in Patients With Heart Failure: Gender-Specific Outcomes, Baher Al Abbasi, Pedro Torres, Fergie Ramos Tuarez, Kai Chen, Gustavo Avila, Endri Ceka, Andres R. Chacon, Gretchen De Diego, Charles R. Bornmann, Waqas Ghumman, Robert Chait, and Jesus Pino Moreno
Cardiac Troponin-I and COVID-19: A Prognostic Tool for In-Hospital Mortality, Baher Al Abbasi, Pedro Torres, Fergie Ramos Tuarez, Nakeya Dewaswala, Ahmed Abdallah, Kai Chen, Mohamed Abdul Qader, Riya Job, Samar Aboulenain, Karolina Dziadkowiec, Huzefa Bhopalwala, Jesus Pino Moreno, and Robert Chait
ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in a 27-Year-Old Male With COVID-19, Mohammed Ali DO, Aisha Mujahid, Khalid Sherani MD, and Salim Surani MD
Abdominal Aortic Repair, Dor M. Avishay and Joseph Reimon
A cycle dependent heart - A rare case of menstruation induced neurocardiogenic syncope., Jilla R. Azarbal, Gustavo A. Vargas, and James Davenport
Coronary Artery Anomalies, Robert Beecham, Stephanie Prater, and Juan Carlos Batlle
Unexpected Case of Critical Left Main Coronary Artery Dissection in a Young Woman, Ifrah Butt MD, Vahid Kazemi, Oranus Mohammadi, and Mauricio Danckers
A Case of Atrial Flutter with Diffuse ST Depression with ST Elevation in AVR, Jake N. Cho MD and Rakesh Prashad M.D.
Case Report: Left Atrial Myxoma Causing Elevated C-Reactive Protein, Fatigue and Fever, with Literature Review, Jake N. Cho, Steven Quach, Justin Reed, and Omeni Osian
A Crescent Lesion Set Avoiding Esophageal Contact is not Inferior to Standard WACA for Paroxysmal Afib: A Pilot Study, Jeraim Craig, David Goldgrab DO, Sokol Kalaveshi, Ruifang Yang MD, Jose Luis Henao, Stephen Mester MD, and Christian Perzanowski MD
Delayed Presentation of Coarctation of the Aorta, Aunie Danyalian, Ivan Pagan, Umair Shaikh, and Livasky Concepcion Perez
Prevalence, trends and in-hospital outcomes of takotsubo syndrome among United States cannabis users, Rupak Desai, Aakash Desai, Hee Kong Fong, Ahmed Mahmood, Vaishnavi Reddy Varakantam, Fariah Asha Haque, Sejal Savani, Kishorbhai Gangani, Gautam Kumar, and Rajesh Sachdeva
Nationwide Trends in Prevalent Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Diseases in Young Adults: Differences by Sex and Race and In-Hospital Outcomes., Rupak Desai, Upenkumar Patel, Tarang Parekh, Bishoy Hanna, Kranthi Sitammagari, Hee Kong Fong, Muhammad Uzair Lodhi, Yash Varma, Nanush Damarlapally, Rajkumar Doshi, Sejal Savani, Gautam Kumar, and Rajesh Sachdeva
A Complication of Acute Myocardial Infarction, Nakeya Dewaswala and Robert Dean Chait
A KINK IN THE SYSTEM: ENCOUNTERING AND CORRECTING A WATCHMAN PERIPROCEDURAL COMPLICATION, Francis Dimtri, Kashmala Khan, Carlos Vargas, Thomas Alexander, and Mossaab Shuraih
Evolution of Acute Pulmonary Embolism Management: Review Article, Mohammed A. Faluk MD, S. Mustajab Hasan MD, Jay J. Chacko MD, Ramy Abdelmaseih MD, and Jigar H. Patel MD
Challenges in Managing Acute Myocardial Infarction Associated With Infective Endocarditis: A Case Report, Mohammed A. Faluk, Steven Vuu, and Kiran Kathi
Combating Inpatient Vaccine Hesitancy: I Raised The Rates In My Cardiac Patients, Linda Ferrer, Giselle Falconi MD, Shivani Priyadarshni, dustin benyo, Daniel High, Kristi Pejo, Ajay Yechuri, Ruben Perez, and Bryan Curry
Sex disparities in cardiovascular disease outcomes among geriatric patients with prediabetes., Hee Kong Fong, Rupak Desai, Mohammed Faisaluddin, Tarang Parekh, Ahmed Mahmood, Vraj Shah, Priyal Shah, Vaishnavi Reddy Varakantam, Falah Abu Hassan, Sejal Savani, Rajkumar Doshi, and Kishorbhai Gangani
Nationwide trends in stroke hospitalizations among patients with prediabetes., Hee Kong Fong, Zainab Gandhi, Muhammad Uzair Lodhi, Sejal Savani, Virmitra Desai, and Rupak Desai
Recognizing Belhassen Ventricular Tachycardia and Preventing Its Misinterpretation as Supraventricular Tachycardia: An Unusual Case Report, Anthony Furiato, Alexander Prestley, Abdul Waheed, and Salvador Villanueva
Arrhythmia in Tumor Lysis Syndrome and Associated In‐Hospital Mortality: A Nationwide Inpatient Analysis, Kishorbhai Gangani, Hee Kong Fong, Mohammed Faisaluddin, Muhammad Uzair Lodhi, Pritika Manaktala, Ashish Sadolikar, Vraj Shah, Zainab Gandhi, Falah Abu Hassan, Sejal Savani, Rajkumar Doshi, and Rupak Desai
Ablation of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Substrate in Sinus Rhythm Does Not Lead to an Underestimation of Fibrotic Atrial Myopathy: A Pilot Study, David Goldgrab DO, Sokol Kalaveshi MD, Jose Luis Henao MD, Ruifang Yang MD, Jearim Craig, Stephen Mester MD, and Christian Perzanowski MD
A Case of Pacemaker Syndrome Mimicking a Heart Failure Exacerbation, Seline Haci, Som Aftabizadeh, Senthil Thambidorai, Karan Gupta, Ahsan Khan, Aman Patel, Kimberly Wilson, and Anand Subramanian
Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients With Elevated Cardiac Troponin I Have Increased Overall Mortality and Ventilation Requirements, George Hanna, Andre Johnson, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Scott Kubomoto, and Mimi S. Biswas
Cor Triatriatum Dexter: A Case Report in a 70-Year-Old Male, George Hanna, Javad Savoj, Syed Iftikhar, and Patrick Hu
Atrial Myxoma, a Rare Cause of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Case Report and Review of Literature, S. Mustajab Hasan MD, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Mohammed A. Faluk, Jay Chacko, and Hesham Nasser MD
Aspiration Thrombectomy for Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Literature Review, S. Mustajab Hasan MD, Mohammed A. Faluk, Jay D. Patel, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Jay Chacko, Premranjan Singh M.D., and Jigar H. Patel MD
Eustachian valve endocarditis: a case report on an under diagnosed entity., Syed Mustajab Hasan, Anamarys Blanco, Mohammed A. Faluk, and Hesham Nasser
Use of Optical Coherence Tomography in Coronary Artery Disease: Review Article., Syed Mustajab Hasan MD, Mohammad Faluk MD, Jay D. Patel DO, Ramy Abdelmaseih MD, and Jigar H. Patel MD
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and its Variants: A Case Series and Literature Review., Syed Mustajab Hasan, Jay D. Patel, Mohammed A. Faluk, Jigar H. Patel, and Premranjan Singh
Allergic Reaction to Implanted Pacemaker Leads, Roshni Hira, Alina Babar, Sheldon Hoxie, Amar G. Patel, Jeffrey Jordan MD, and Suman Pasupuleti
Evolution of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement | Review of Literature, Tianyu Jiang DO, Syed Mustajab Hasan MD, Mohammed A. Faluk MD, and Jigar H. Patel MD
AngioVac Removal of an Isolated Infected Pulmonary Valve Papillary Fibroelastoma, Jessica Joseph-Alexis, Aaron Jaffe MD, Jomel Jacinto, and Rami Akel
A low-cost texture-based pipeline for predicting myocardial tissue remodeling and fibrosis using cardiac ultrasound, Nobuyuki Kagiyama, Sirish Shrestha, Jung Sun Cho, Muhammad J. Khalil, Yashbir Singh, Abhiram Challa, Grace Casaclang-Verzosa, and Partho P. Sengupta
Right Heart Thrombus in Transit Diagnosed With Focused Cardiac Ultrasound in the Emergency Department, Eric Kalivoda MD, Kevin Rivera-Rodriguez MD, and Gabriel Cabrera MD
Differences in Outcomes of ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in African American Women versus Women from other races: A United States National Study., Tasleem Katchi, Sanja Virani, Shaun Smithson, and Bryan Curry
COVID-19 and Arrhythmias: A Review of Cardiac Electrophysiology Associated with SARS-CoV-2, Kashmala Khan, Francis Dimtri, Carlos Vargas, and Thomas Alexander
Refractory Electrical Storm in the Absence of Structural Ischemic Heart Disease, Kashmala Khan, Francis Dimtri, Carlos Vargas, Christel Cuevas, and Thomas Alexander
A Complicated Case of a Paravalvular Leak Following Mitral Valve Replacement, Kashmala Khan, Pahnwat Taweesedt, Sridhar Venkatachalam, and Salim Surani MD
A Rare Case of Hypereosinophilic Syndrome-Induced Shower Thrombus Responsive to Nilotinib, Elise Lambird, Arun Amble, Dharti R. Patel MD, Elizabeth Henderson MD, and Salman Muddassir
Concerning Trends in Cardiogenic Shock-related Admissions Among United States Cannabis Users., Muhammad Uzair Lodhi, Sandeep Singh, Brisandi Ruiz Mercedes, Faizan Ahmad Malik, and Rupak Desai
Horseshoe Kidney Isthmus Infarction After Percutaneous Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Patrick Melmer, Saptarshi Biswas, Akash Patel, and Mark Borowicz
Recurrent Atrial Flutter in a 37 Week Gestation Female Neonate, Alexandra M. Menillo DO and Debbie Friedman MD, Phd.
Impending Cardiac Tamponade as the Initial Manifestation of BCR-ABL Positive Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Safa Moursy, Salem Gaballa MD, AmeenJamal Ahmed, Kyaw M. Hlaing, and Brijesh Patel
Comparison of the Performance of the NCDR CathPCI Score and Mehran Score to Predict Acute Kidney Injury Post-Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Michelle Nguyen, S. Mustajab Hasan, Steven Quach, Sai Guduru, Faisal Rahim, Aiham Albaeni, and Khalid Abusaada
Isolated Cardiac Sarcoidosis in a Young Caucasian Female with Progressive Decline, Dveet Patel, Kunjan Udani, Shawn Esperti, and Vinod Nambudiri
Rare Case of Delayed Onset Focal Type Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Following Routine Cataract Procedure, Jay D. Patel DO, S. Mustajab Hasan MD, Jay J. Chacko MD, Aaron Jaffe MD, and Jigar H. Patel MD
A Challenging Case of Postpartum Cardiomyopathy Caused by Viral Myocarditis Managed with Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membranous Oxygenation, Jay D. Patel, Rakesh Prashad M.D., and Hoang Boathuy M.D.
A Case of Internal Jugular Venous Thromboembolism Presenting in a Patient with Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Jay D. Patel D.O., Lyd-Marie Rodriguez-Garcia, Puja Kohli, and Hesham Nasser
Diagonal 1 and Mid-LAD Myocardial Bridge with Elevated Troponin Enzymes, Ronak Patel DO
Carotid Webs: An Unusual Presentation of Fibromuscular Dysplasia, Shivani Priyadarshni, Anamika Neralla, Joseph Reimon, and Shaun Smithson
Reverse Takotsubo-like Cardiomyopathy and Pheochromocytoma, Patryk Purta, Dmitriy Scherbak DO, Michael Gruber MD, and Oliwier Dziadkowiec
Anatomy, Thorax, Heart Papillary Muscles, Natalie L. Rich and Yusuf S. Khan
Acute Myopericarditis in the Post COVID-19 Recovery Phase, Mark Rivera-Morales, Robert Pell, Jose Rubero, and Latha Ganti
Persistent Postprandial Angina in a Patient With Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Diagnostic Dilemma, Josh Salabei, Troy Fishman, Zekarias T. Asnake, and Matthew Calestino
Metoprolol-Associated Central Nervous System Complications, Rony Shah, Alina Babar, Amar G. Patel, Ronald Dortonne, and Jeffery Jordan MD
Right Ventricular Perforation Presenting as Tingling of the Left Breast, Rony Shah, Andrew Barnes MD, Fagun Modi, John W. Royalty DO, and Jeffrey Jordan MD
Distal Arteriovenous Fistula Formation After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: An Old Complication of a New Access Site, Syed Raza Shah, Ferdinand Kiemeneij, and Matheen A Khuddus
Renal Injury in All-Comers After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Waqas Siddiqui, Murrium I. Sadaf, Rabia Mazhar, Muhammad Zain, Ramla Abbas, Mohammad H. Khan, Faiza Ahmed, Omer Zuberi, Youssef M. Al-Saghir, Jesse Goldman, and Sandeep Aggarwal
Myxoma Hiding Behind Thrombus: A Rare Case of Left Atrial Appendage Myxoma Mimicking Thrombus!!! Some Differential Features on Imaging, Anand Subramanian, Sanjeev Nair, Aman Patel, Daniel Jipescu, Senthil Thambidorai, Satish Chandraprakasam, and Ahsan Khan
A Case of COVID-19-Associated Acute Limb Ischemia, Amanda Van Mecl, Viviana Paz, Elsy Navas, and Iftekhar Baig
A Heart within a Heart – A Case of an Occipital Infarct Unmasking the Diagnosis of a Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm, Gustavo A. Vargas, Jilla Rene' Azarbal, Marco Mejia, and Marcos Valerio
The Shearing Stress of Baseball-Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a Male Athlete, Gustavo A. Vargas, Jilla R. Azarbal, Marco Mejia, and Rajesh Tota-Maharaj