Luigi Pacifico, DO

Clinical Images

Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Masquerading as ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

05/04/2009

Case Presentation. A 60-year-old male presented to the emergency department with exertional dyspnea. His past medical history was significant for hypertension and renal cell carcinoma (RCC), which had been diagnosed 2 years previously. He...

Case Presentation. A 60-year-old...

05/04/2009

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Imaging

Cardiac Rhabdomyoma in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: An Echocardiographic Study

08/01/2022

Pradnya Brijmohan Bhattad , MD;

Luigi Pacifico , DO;

Neeta M. Shah , MD;

This is a 58-year-old female with a history of tuberous sclerosis. Transthoracic echocardiogram images demonstrated a heterogeneous mass in the mid right ventricle attached to the septum and the moderator band. The mass looked similar to what...

This is a 58-year-old female...

08/01/2022

Cath Lab Digest

Advanced Imaging & Patient Care

Extensive Subendocardial Ischemia: A Predictive Electrocardiogram

05/05/2022

Luigi Pacifico , DO;

Pradnya Brijmohan Bhattad , MD;

A 75-year-old male with a history of hypertension and dyslipidemia presented with several weeks of exertional dyspnea and underwent a nuclear stress test for evaluation of his exertional dyspnea. After the administration of Lexiscan during...

A 75-year-old male with a...

05/05/2022

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ECG Studies

Pericarditis: A Classic Electrocardiogram

10/02/2022

Luigi Pacifico , DO;

Pradnya Brijmohan Bhattad , MD;

The electrocardiograms (ECGs) depicted in this case are from a patient who developed pericarditis and was noted to have classic pleuritic chest pain, pericardial effusion, and diffuse ST segment elevations with reciprocal ST segment...

The electrocardiograms (ECGs)...

10/02/2022

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Clinical Images

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

02/16/2023

Pradnya Brijmohan Bhattad , MD;

Luigi Pacifico , DO;

A 54-year-old female presented with acute onset of typical substernal chest pain and was hemodynamically stable. A coronary angiogram (Figure 1/Videos 1-2, available on cathlabdigest.com) showed spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD)...

A 54-year-old female presented...

02/16/2023

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Clinical Imaging

Beware of a New Heart Block: A Marker for Aortic Root Abscess

05/14/2023

Luigi Pacifico , DO;

Pradnya Brijmohan Bhattad , MD;

A large vegetation extended from the aortic root into the left atrium with associated moderate to severe MR.

A large vegetation extended from...

05/14/2023

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Bhattad Anomalous LM Video 4 Still image

Anomalies

Anomalous Left Main Coronary Artery: Approach to Engaging the Anomalous Vessel

04/11/2023

Luigi Pacifico , DO;

Pradnya Brijmohan Bhattad , MD;

Pradnya Brijmohan Bhattad, MD and Luigi Pacifico, DO, share views of a rare coronary anomaly involving an anomalous left main coronary artery originating from the right sinus of Valsalva.

Pradnya Brijmohan Bhattad, MD...

04/11/2023

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Clinical Images

Floating Thrombus in a Nonaneurysmal Ascending Aorta

09/25/2023

Pradnya Brijmohan Bhattad , MD;

Luigi Pacifico , DO;

The finding of a thrombus in a nonaneurysmal aorta is a very rare entity with a potential for life-threatening complications such as risk for myocardial infarction and embolization to distal vascular beds.

The finding of a thrombus in a...

09/25/2023

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