Submissions from 2020
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.
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
Clinical Conundrum in a Rare Case of Acinetobacter Baumannii Endocarditis of a Mechanical Mitral Valve, Shani Patel, Katie Tribuls, Aaron Jaffe MD, Mili Shah DO, and Domenick Sorresso
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
Evidence Based Disposition in Heart Failure – Who needs to be admitted and who can be discharged?, Ioana Rider MD and Scarlet Benson MD
Acute Myopericarditis in the Post COVID-19 Recovery Phase, Mark Rivera-Morales, Robert Pell, Jose Rubero, and Latha Ganti
Automated Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator/Pacemaker Lead Fracture, Jose Rubero, Sidhartha Ramlatchan, Matthew Solomon, Andrew George, 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
Use of Emergency Manuals to Treat Intraoperative Supraventricular Tachycardia and Hypotension During Exploratory Laparotomy, Kyle Sanchez, Daniel Eskander, Islam Elnagar, and Jeffrey Huang
Progressive collateral stenosis leading to symptomatic chronic total occlusion, Farhan Shah and Andrew Maiolo
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
Infective Endocarditis Caused by Rhodococcus equi in an Immunocompetent Patient, Rony Shah, Linda C. Klumpp, Nishant Nerella, Gustine Liu-Young, and Jeffery Jordan
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
Evolving de Winter Presentation of Acute Myocardial Infarction, Caroline Shepherd and Anthony Furiato
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
Impact of Hyperthyroidism on In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients with Heart Failure, Kunjan Udani MD, Dveet Patel, Leslie Hart, and Vinod Nambudiri
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
A Comparative Review of Established Diets for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Newer Dietary Strategies, Gustavo A. Vargas, Jilla R. Azarbal, and Rajesh Tota-Maharaj
Flash Pulmonary Edema: A Case and Review of Left Ventricular Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy, Paula J. Watts, Oliver S. Garbo, Wendy Barrett, Michael Kopstein, Ryan Maybrook, and Dmitriy Scherbak
Is the Thomas Ring an Effective Approach to Prevent Recurrence of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation with Advanced Atrial Fibrosis?, Ruifang Yang MD, Jose Luis Henao MD, David Goldgrab DO, Sokol Kalaveshi MD, Stephen Mester MD, and Christian Perzanowski MD
Cardioversion of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Before High Energy Ablation Does Not Improve Outcomes in Short Term Follow Up: Preliminary Analysis, Ruifang Yang MD, Sokol Kalaveshi MD, David Goldgrab DO, Jose Luis Henao MD, Stephen Mester MD, and Christian Perzanowski MD
Managing May-Thurner Syndrome and Associated Complications Throughout Pregnancy and Postpartum, Jessica A. Young, Stephen Zweibach, Nicole L. Plenty, and Tiffany Tonismae
Correlation Between COPD and Length of Stay in Patients Who Undergo TAVR, Pegah Zare, William Vallejos, and Shaun Smithson
Submissions from 2019
The Protective Effect of Nrf2 Activation in Cardiovascular Disease, Arian Bethencourt, Daylin Rodriguez, Dalie Ortet, and Nicholas A. Kerna
Lots of Clots, Diana Daftari MD, Vinh Ho MD, Scott Kubomoto MD, and Javad Savoj MD
The palpitations that thumped us all:, Carolyn Falk Tran DO, Gurmanpal Sandhu MD, Daniel Robitshek MD, and Tejas Raiyani MD
Recurrent Aortic Dissection Causing Acute Stroke, Jovan A. Gayle, Israel E. Acosta-Sanchez, Anthony Chahin, Ali Ashraf, and Ankur Garg
An Unusual Case of Broken Heart, Ammar Hasan and Enrique Rincon
Can the LAAOS Score Predict Recurrence IiPatients Undergoing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Ablation? A Pilot Study, Jose Luis Henao, Sokol Kalaveshi, Stephen Mester MD, and Christian Perzanowski
Nebivolol, Shivani Priyadarshni and Bryan Curry
Timing of LVAD Implantation: A Case Report, Steven F. Sorci, Robby Wu, and Debbie Rinde-Hoffman
A Coronary Masquerade: Spontaneous Coronary Dissection Presenting as Acute Coronary Syndrome, Kara Stout DO, Stephanie Cochran DO, Abdullah Rathur DO, Joe Carragher DO, Iftekhar Baig DO, and Merrill Krolick DO