Submissions from 2025
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
Massive Left Ventricular Thrombus Causing Bilateral Posterior Cerebral Artery Stroke: A Case Report and Review of Literature, Ashali Jain, Asad Haider, and Tyler Jones
A Unique Case of a Right Atrial Myxoma Infected With Escherichia coli, Masi Javeed, Hanan Gruhonjic, Taylor Kirkman, Christos Pitarys, and Rami Akel
Complications of TAVR From an Anesthesia Perspective, David R. Kingery Jr., Alex Roberts, Derek Horstemeyer, and Russell Stahl
Cardiac Arrest Due to Massive Aspiration from a Broncho-esophageal Fistula: A Case Report, Gustavo Lagrotta, Mina Ayad, Ifrah Butt, and Mauricio Danckers
Impact of Left Bundle Branch Block in Takotsubo Syndrome, Jose L. Lopez, Gustavo J Duarte, Rosario A Colombo, Andrea J. Folds, Fergie Ramos Tuarez, and Robert Chait
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
Can Milking-Like Effect Be the First Clue of a Ventricular Free Wall Rupture?, Ramses Damera Ramirez, Alexander Kong, Muhammad Ijlal Khan, Hiren Patel, and Aamir Javaid
Watchman Device Dislodgement Creating a Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction Requiring Emergency Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Alex Roberts, Steven Mach, Jason Goebel, Heather Palomino, and Derek Horstemeyer
COVID-19 and the Cardiovascular System: An Update, Joshua K. Salabei, Zekarias T. Asnake, Zeeshan Ismail, Kipson Richard Charles, Gregory Thomas C. Stanger, Abdullahi H. Abdullahi, Andrew T. Abraham, and Peters Okonoboh
Improving Appropriate Utilization of Telemetry: Quality Improvement Project, Carlos Vargas, Haris Ahmed, Kashmala Khan, Francis Dimtri, Ahmed Mahmood, Jeffery S. Durbin, Christel Cuevas, and Thomas Alexander
Submissions from 2021
Cardiovascular Outcomes With Anti-Inflammatory Therapies: Review of Literature., Ramy Abdelmaseih, Mrhaf Alsamman, Mohammed A. Faluk, and Syed Mustajab Hasan
Cardio-oncology: Capecitabine Can Sometimes be Heatbreaking Capecitabine-Induced Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Case Report and Literature Review., Ramy Abdelmaseih, Anamarys Blanco, Randa Abdelmasih, Krutika Desai, Joshua J. Pothen, Jay Patel, and Rama Balaraman
Perspectives on Heyde's Syndrome and Calcific Aortic Valve Disease, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Ravi Thakker, Randa Abdelmasih, Arroj Ali, and S Mustajab Hasan
Update on the Cardiovascular Benefits of Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter-2 Inhibitors: Mechanism of Action, Available Agents and Comprehensive Review of Literature, Randa Abdelmasih, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Ravi Thakker, Mohammed Faluk, Arroj Ali, Morhaf Alsamman, and Syed M. Hasan
Round Atelectasis: A Peculiar Pseudotumor Seen on Echocardiogram, Nardine Abdelsayed, Larissa Check, and Mohamed Faris
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
Systemic Vasospasms Induced by Vasopressor Therapy Resulting in Diffuse Tissue Necrosis and Death: A Case Report and Review of the Literature, Muhammad U. Arian, Christopher S. Medina, George Matus, Akash Hazari, Luis Chozet, and Fahad Omar
Repeat Episodes of Massive Hemoptysis Due to an Anomalous Origin of the Right Bronchial Artery in a Patient with a History of Coccidioidomycosis, Blerina Asllanaj, Elizabeth Jane Benge MD, Yi McWhorter, and Sapna Bhatia
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
Pharyngitis Workup Leads to the Discovery of Massive Tricuspid Vegetation, Matthew M Barvo, Jacob Pletz, Gbemisola Johnson, and Muhammad Ayyaz
Fulminant Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus Infection: From Pinprick to Multi-organ Failure, Aunie Danyalian, Ivett Padron, Patricia Almeida, and Mauricio Danckers
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
Repolarization Vulnerability is Rarely Observed in COVID-19 Patients With Low Comorbidity Treated with A Combination of Hydroxychloroquine Azithromycin, David Goldgrab, Sokol Kalaveshi, Ruifang Yang MD, Jearim Craig, Mauricio Gomez, Stephen Mester, and Christian Perzanowski
Myocardial Bridging, the Hidden Risk Factor for Ischemia., Vincenzo C. Happach, Gerald Delk, and Latha Ganti
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
Remdesivir-Induced Symptomatic Bradycardia in the Treatment of COVID-19 Disease, Jomel Jacinto, Milan Patel, Justin Hao Goh, and Kenneth Yamamura
Ice Cold AFib, Dana M. Jorgenson, Tamer A. Amer, and Marshall Marcus
Critical Limb Ischemia in a Young Patient With a Mechanical Aortic Valve Leading to Bilateral Above-Knee Amputation, Shiwani Kamath, Abid Ulhaque, Rias Ali, and Johnathan frunzi
Bee Attack or Heart Attack: Kounis Syndrome, Kashmala Khan, Gabor Szalai, Humayun Anjum, Francis Dimtri, Deanna Yamamura, and Salim Surani
Reverse Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in the Setting of Acute Asthma Exacerbation, Muhammad Khan, Alexander Howell, Thuy Pham, and Nilmarie Guzman
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