Cardiology

Trichobezoer: An Unusual Presentation with Congestive Heart Failure, Madeeha Malik, Fatima Javed, Bassam Helou, and Furrukh Malik

Sex-Based Differences in the Presentation of Myocardial Infarction, Jeremy Mayfield, Muneet Gill, Helen J. Zhang, and Latha Ganti

Recurrent Hiatal Hernia Resulting in Rightward Mediastinal Shift: Diagnostics in Cardiology and Clinical Pearls., Divy Mehra, Javier Alvarado, Yanet Diaz-Martell, Lino Saavedra, and James Davenport

A Case of Hemodynamically Unstable Sick Sinus Syndrome Secondary to Refeeding Syndrome, Michael Mgerian, Suzanne Havican, Frances Wolf, and Nioti Karim

Do Certain Biomarkers Predict Adverse Outcomes in Coronavirus Disease 2019?, Hiba Narvel, Anam Sayed, Nida Narvel, Shreyas Yakkali, and Tasleem Katchi

A 78-Year-Old Man with a Pulmonary Embolism Who Developed Skin Necrosis 7 Days After Treatment with the Direct Oral Anticoagulant Factor Xa Inhibitor Apixaban., Tusharkumar Pansuriya, Trung Nguyen, Mir Ali Sadat, Syed A Raza, and Sivatej Sarva

Same Day Surgery and Discharge After Cardiac Device Implantation, Aakash Patel, Blair Warren, Amar Patel, Alina Babar, Rony Shah, Olu Oyesanmi, and Suman Pasupuleti

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

Systemic Inflammation-Related Bradycardia in COVID-19, Ashwin Srinivasan, Tusharkumar Pansuriya, Branden Wilson, Siva Sarva, Turuvekere Jayaram, Salman Alim, Ramesh Kesavan, and Syed Raza

Ventricular Standstill in a Patient with Infective Endocarditis, Gauthier L. Stepman, Jinal K. Patel, Shiwani Kamath, Francisco Abreu Brea, and Rene Kunhardt

Ventricular Standstill in Infective Endocarditis, Gauthier L. Stepman, Jinal K. Patel, Shiwani Kamath, Rene Kunhardt, Francisco Abreu Brea, and Johnathan frunzi

Use of Intravenous Antihypertensive in Hospitalized Patients, Kelsi Thompson, Julien A. Exposito, Oliver Fowler, Jose Nicolas Codolosa, and Rahul Mhaskar

Impact of Intravenous Antihypertensives on Outcomes Among Hospitalized Patients, Kelsi Thompson, Julien A. Exposito, Oliver Fowler, Rahul Mhaskar, Liwei Chen, and Jose Nicolas Codolosa

All-Cause Mortality and Incidence of Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Sickle Cell Nephropathy: A Comparative Study, Kunjan Udani, Nayda Parisio Poldiak, Julia Campbell, Victor Collier, and Pooja M. Patel

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

Incidental Aorto-Left Atrial Appendage Fistula Complicating a Watchman Procedure, Blair Warren, Aakash Patel, Rony Shah, Suman Pasupuleti, Thomas Noel, Marilyn Cox, and Farhat Khairallah

Incidence, Clinical Characteristics, and Outcomes of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Hospitalized for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Ruifang Yang, Mauricio Gomez, Andrew Niclosi, David Goldgrab, Sokol Kalaveshi, Stephen Mester, and Christian Perzanowski

Submissions from 2020 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

Ethacrynic Acid, Chade Aribo and Daniel Ng

Serial Point-of-care Echocardiography Performed by an Emergency Physician to Guide Thrombolytic Management of Massive Pulmonary Embolism, Annie Au, Patrick Hsu, Matthew McClure, Gabriel Cabrera, and Eric Kalivoda

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

Methamphetamine Associated Cardiovascular Complications, Andrew Barnes MD, Alina Babar, Rony Shah, Samantha Williams, Olu Oyesanmi, and Jeffery Jordan MD

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

Bedside Point of Care Ultrasound Diagnosing Bilateral Valve Involvement in Infective Endocarditis, Corey Cole, Alfredo Tirado, and Jonathan Schwadron

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

Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: Understanding the Independent Relationship Between Diabetes and Heart Failure, W. Tyler Crawley, Rage Geringer MD, Jason Snarr DO, Elizabeth Hicks MD, and Oliwier Dziadkowiec

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

Kounis Syndrome, Charles Doerner, Mark Sawh, Tamer A. Amer, and Konstantinos Marmagkiolis

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

COVID-19 Fears May Be Worse Than the Virus: A Case of Cardiogenic Shock Secondary to Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septum Rupture, Salem Gaballa MD, Avan Aljaf, Kashyap Patel, Jane Lindsay, and Kyaw M. Hlaing

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

Aortic Dissection Presenting as Leg Pain, Nathan George, Latha Ganti MD, Michael Falgiani, and Bobby 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

Assessment of Guideline Recommended Anti-Coagulation Rates for Atrial Fibrillation in an Outpatient Resident Clinic, Kanav Gupta MD, Emily Langnas DO, Zahra Khaled, Travis Tagami DO, and Alexandra Halalau 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

A Five Chambered Heart, George Hanna, Javad Savoj, Syed Iftikhar, Scott Kubomoto, 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

Does pharmacologic treatment of depression after acute coronary syndrome reduce the risk of subsequent adverse cardiovascular outcomes?, Kyle Herring DO and Julia Fashner MD

Implementing Point-of-Care Troponin Testing in the Emergency Department: Impact on Time to Result., Michael Hight, Kasey Conklin, Benjamin Archer, Jared Sutherland, Brandi Sakai, and Dylan Arnold

Allergic Reaction to Implanted Pacemaker Leads, Roshni Hira, Alina Babar, Sheldon Hoxie, Amar G. Patel, Jeffrey Jordan MD, and Suman Pasupuleti

Emergent Diagnosis of a Flail Mitral Leaflet With Bedside Echocardiography, Patrick Hsu, Caroline Shepherd, Keyon Shokraneh, Gabriel Cabrera, and Eric Kalivoda MD

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

Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients with Elevated Cardiac Troponin I Have Increased Length Of Stay But Similar Ventilation Time, Andre Johnson, George Hanna, Mimi S. Biswas, and Scott Kubomoto

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

Critical Limb Ischemia Leading to Bilateral Above-Knee Amputations in a Young Patient with a Mechanical Heart Valve, Shiwani Kamath, Abid Ulhaque, Rias Ali, and Johnathan Frunzi

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

End the Glow!, Roli Kushwaha, Anthony Furiato, and Justin McNamee

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

Cardiac Arrest Following Treatment With Diltiazem for Atrial Fibrillation With Rapid Ventricular Response, Woo Kyung Lee, Masra Shameem, Latha Ganti, Paul Banerjee, and John Shivdat

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

Catch 22 : To Anticoagulate or Not to Anticoagulate, Muhammad Madkour and Patrick Hu

Presentation Times of Myocardial Infarctions to the Emergency Department: Disappearance of the Morning Predominance., Spencer Masiewicz, Scott Gutovitz, Leslie Hart, Samuel Madden Leaman, and Dietrich Jehle

Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens in May Thurner Syndrome: A Threat to Life & Limb, Matt McMaster, Rage Geringer MD, Gregory Hicks MD, and Oliwier Dziadkowiec

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

Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia, Manuel Obando and Erin Marra

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

Cardiovascular Considerations of Experimental Hydroxychloroquine Therapy on Patients Diagnosed With COVID-19: A Case Series Review, Jay D. Patel DO, Radhika Patel, Lyd-Marie Rodriguez-Garcia, Anamarys Blanco, and Alan Hamza

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.