Alpesh A. Amin, MD

Invasive Hemodynamic Red Flags To Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

12/01/2020

Reliable identification of patients at high risk for right ventricular failure is very important. We identify 4 parameters as hemodynamic red flags to left ventricular assist device implantation.

Reliable identification of...

12/01/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

Heart Failure After Treatment for Lymphoma

09/06/2020

Faris G. Araj , MD;

Alpesh A. Amin , MD;

Pradeep P.A. Mammen , MD;

Sonia Garg , MD;

Sonakshi Manjunath , MD;

Jennifer T. Thibodeau , MD, MSCS;

Constrictive pericarditis is a morbid condition, with a challenging diagnosis. Because constrictive pericarditis is generally considered a treatable cause of heart failure, evaluating for and distinguishing constrictive pericarditis from...

Constrictive pericarditis is a...

09/06/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

Late Right Heart Failure After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant: VAD or Valve?

11/04/2020

Faris G. Araj , MD;

Alpesh A. Amin , MD;

Robert M. Morlend , MD;

Pradeep P.A. Mammen , MD;

A 76-year-old woman with a history of advanced heart failure and a bi-ventricular pacemaker-defibrillator underwent intra-pericardial left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implant as destination therapy.

A 76-year-old woman with a...

11/04/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Figure. Right atrial pressure Torsades de pointes

Videos

Right Atrial Pressure Torsades de Pointes

01/12/2024

Faris G. Araj , MD;

Alpesh A. Amin , MD;

Pradeep P.A. Mammen , MD;

Hadi Beaini , MD;

Video Supplement to "Right Atrial Pressure Torsades de Pointes" (January 2024 Clinical Image)

Video Supplement to "Right...

01/12/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Podcasts

How Does CDI Impact Health Care Utilization, Costs in Older Patients?

10/23/2023

Alpesh A. Amin , MD;

Alpesh Amin, MD, MBA , professor and chair, University of California, discusses the results of a recent study, and explains why better treatments to reduce primary C difficile infection and recurrences in older adults can lower the mortality...

Alpesh Amin, MD, MBA , professor...

10/23/2023

First Report Managed Care

Computed tomography venogram of the abdomen.

Clinical Images

Ascites and Edema After Bicaval Orthotopic Heart Transplant

06/29/2021

Michael Luna , MD;

Faris G. Araj , MD;

Alpesh A. Amin , MD;

Pradeep P.A. Mammen , MD;

Jyoti P. Balani , MD, MBBS;

Sonia Garg , MD;

IVC stenosis is a rare complication of bicaval orthotopic heart transplant. IVC stenosis can occur at either the cavo-atrial anastomosis, or the caval cannulation site, with presentations ranging from acute shock early post transplant to a...

IVC stenosis is a rare...

06/29/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology