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Volume 28 - Issue 7 - July 2020

Feature

Case Report
07/06/2020

Ziad Ali, MD, DPhil1,2

1New York Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York; 2Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York  

Ziad Ali, MD, DPhil1,2 1New York Pre...
Angio-derived FFR is basically an extension of computational fluid dynamics, whereby a computational algorithm creates a virtual FFR by evaluating certain parameters of the angiogram, such as the length of the lesion, diameter of the...
Angio-derived FFR is basically an extension of computational fluid dynamics, whereby a computational algorithm creates a virtual FFR by evaluating certain parameters of the angiogram, such as the length of the lesion, diameter of the...
Angio-derived FFR is basically...
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Case Report
07/06/2020

Hussein Rahim, MD1

Ziad Ali, MD, DPhil1,2

1New York Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York; 2Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York  

Hussein Rahim, MD1 Ziad Ali, MD, DPh...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in stable coronary disease can improve quality of life and may reduce type 1 MI.1 Identifying significant coronary lesions that will benefit from PCI can sometimes be challenging.
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in stable coronary disease can improve quality of life and may reduce type 1 MI.1 Identifying significant coronary lesions that will benefit from PCI can sometimes be challenging.
Percutaneous coronary...
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Case Report
07/06/2020

Delia Vlad, MD, Ifigeneia Stergiouli, MD, Nikolaos Goulas, MD, Anastasios Papaspyropoulos, MD, Stavroula Psychari, MD, Konstantina Bouki, MD, Athanasios Kotsakis, MD

2nd Cardiology Department, Nikea General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Delia Vlad, MD, Ifigeneia Stergiouli,...
We describe the case of a 38-year-old woman with no traditional cardiovascular risk factors, presenting with myocardial infarction after a recent previous misdiagnosis of a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction as acute myocarditis.
We describe the case of a 38-year-old woman with no traditional cardiovascular risk factors, presenting with myocardial infarction after a recent previous misdiagnosis of a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction as acute myocarditis.
We describe the case of a...
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Case Report
07/06/2020

Juan Guzmán Olea, MD, Gonzalo Tolosa Dzul, MD, Miguel A. Rojas Carrera, MD, Gabriel Guzmán Olea, MD

Interventional Cardiology Department, Hospital de Especialidades General de División Manuel Ávila Camacho, Centro Médico Nacional, Puebla, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico

Juan Guzmán Olea, MD, Gonzalo Tolosa ...
This case involves a 59-year-old male with a diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2-confirmed atypical pneumonia (Covid-19) under invasive mechanical ventilation, vasopressor support with norepinephrine, and hemodynamic surveillance with an arterial line...
This case involves a 59-year-old male with a diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2-confirmed atypical pneumonia (Covid-19) under invasive mechanical ventilation, vasopressor support with norepinephrine, and hemodynamic surveillance with an arterial line...
This case involves a 59-year-old...
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Suggested Technique
07/06/2020

Zoltan Varga, MD, PhD1, Kelly Steffen, DO2, Jacob M. Haiar3, Marian S. Petrasko, MD, PhD4

1Cardiovascular Disease Fellow, Sanford Heart Hospital, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine; 2Cardiologist, Sanford Cardiovascular Institute, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; 3Medical Student; University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine; 4Assistant Professor of Medicine, Sanford Cardiovascular Institute, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine

Zoltan Varga, MD, PhD1, Kelly Steffen...
Abstract. Coronary artery bypass grafting continues to be a mainstay in treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease. Left internal mammary artery (LIMA) grafts have the highest long-term patency rates, but due to the anatomic location,...
Abstract. Coronary artery bypass grafting continues to be a mainstay in treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease. Left internal mammary artery (LIMA) grafts have the highest long-term patency rates, but due to the anatomic location,...
Abstract. Coronary artery bypass...
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07/06/2020

Trent Foust, MBA, BSN, RN, RCIS

Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center (SMRMC), Reno, Nevada

Trent Foust, MBA, BSN, RN, RCIS Sain...
Most cardiac patients fall under the high-risk category for AKI. Heart failure, ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), cardiogenic shock, chronic kidney disease (CKD), age, and diabetes contribute to the higher incidence of kidney...
Most cardiac patients fall under the high-risk category for AKI. Heart failure, ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), cardiogenic shock, chronic kidney disease (CKD), age, and diabetes contribute to the higher incidence of kidney...
Most cardiac patients fall under...
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Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
07/06/2020

Susan Heck, Senior Vice President, Gina Donnelly, Director, Corazon, Inc.

Susan Heck, Senior Vice President, Gi...
New and growing relationships can be challenged in times of crisis such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Hospitals that work effectively and proactively to manage physician involvement and ensure continued communication will develop stronger...
New and growing relationships can be challenged in times of crisis such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Hospitals that work effectively and proactively to manage physician involvement and ensure continued communication will develop stronger...
New and growing relationships...
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Department

COVID-19 Concerns
07/06/2020

Sameer Mehta, MD 

Chairman, Lumen Foundation, Miami, Florida

Sameer Mehta, MD  Chairman, Lumen Fo...
As cardiologists have wondered about the reasons for the decline in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) cases globally, our facility has remained busy, with the hospital registering only a mild decrease in the number of these cases. My...
As cardiologists have wondered about the reasons for the decline in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) cases globally, our facility has remained busy, with the hospital registering only a mild decrease in the number of these cases. My...
As cardiologists have wondered...
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Anomalies
07/06/2020

Juan A. Siordia, MD1, Christopher Angus, MD2, Sundeep Shenoy, MD2, Tushar Acharya MD2, Tom Lassar, MD2

1Banner University Medical Center – South Campus, Department of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona;2Banner University Medical Center – Tucson Campus, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Tucson, Arizona

Juan A. Siordia, MD1, Christopher Ang...
Abstract. Left main coronary artery atresia (LMCAA) is a rare entity that is not completely understood.  This case presents an adult patient with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction after an emotional event, with incidentally discovered...
Abstract. Left main coronary artery atresia (LMCAA) is a rare entity that is not completely understood.  This case presents an adult patient with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction after an emotional event, with incidentally discovered...
Abstract. Left main coronary...
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Column

Clinical Editor's Corner
07/06/2020

Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA

Clinical Editor; Chief of Cardiology, Long Beach VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California; Professor of Medicine, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California 

Dr. Morton J. Kern, with commentary from Drs. Bob Applegate, Winston Salem, North Carolina; Peter Block, Atlanta, Georgia; Sam Butman, Cottonwood, Arizona; Jim Blankenship, Geisinger Clinic, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Larry Dean, Seattle, Washington; Kirk N. Garratt, Center for Heart and Vascular Health, ChristianaCare, Newark, Delaware; Lloyd Klein, Sonoma, California; Michael Kutcher, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Michael Lim, St. Louis, Missouri; Jeff Marshall, Atlanta, Georgia; Gary Mintz, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York City, New York; E. Magnus Ohman, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Steve Ramee, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana; Fred Resnic, Lahey Clinic, Boston, Massachusetts; Chet Rihal, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota;  Jon Tobis, Los Angeles, California; 

Carl Tommaso, Evanston, Illinois; Barry Uretsky, Little Rock, Arkansas; Bonnie Weiner, Worcester, Massachusetts; Christopher J. White, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA...
Like many of my contemporaries, I am a boomer (aka baby boomer), a member of the post World War II generation. I grew up in the 1950-60s, graduated college in the Vietnam War era (1960-70s), and had a millennial-generation (1980-90s)...
Like many of my contemporaries, I am a boomer (aka baby boomer), a member of the post World War II generation. I grew up in the 1950-60s, graduated college in the Vietnam War era (1960-70s), and had a millennial-generation (1980-90s)...
Like many of my contemporaries,...
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