The patient was a 72-year-old Caucasian male with a past medical history significant for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease with two prior stents, more than 10 pack years of smoking history, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who presented to the emergency department...
The prevalence of diabetes (7%), hypertension (38%), concomitant cardiovascular disease, (including angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, heart failure, atrial fibrillation and stroke) (7%), and calculated 10 year risk of coronary heart disease according to Framingham risk score algorithm (8%) ...
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Lipoproteins and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in the Cardiovascular Health Study Relationships between incident cardiovascular disease and lipoprotein subclass measurements by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy were evaluated in th... Kuller,L. - 《Arteriosclerosi...
Scombroid poisoning, also referred to as histamine fish poisoning, occurs when raw fish has been improperly refrig- erated resulting in a breakdown of histidine into histamine by bacteria. This produces symptoms and signs that are similar to an allergic reaction that may have particularly serious ...
Her initial baseline tests revealed an elevated troponin; she subsequently underwent a coronary angiogram that showed mild coronary artery disease. Left ventriculogram was performed, which showed abnormal mid-wall ballooning and severely impaired systolic function, characteristic of Takotsubo syndrome. ...
Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is characterized by thick pericardial fibrosis and calcification that causes progressively impaired diastolic filling of the heart with associated symptoms of heart failure. Rarely, it can also present as localized CP and depending on the CP location, clinical presentation ...
There was a small area of burrowing abscess below the left coronary leaflet, which was d茅brided. The right coronary leaflet was exceedingly thin-walled and resected. Several weeks after the operation the patient reports no specific complaints, with near-full level of activity. Teaching Point ...
At presentation, nearly 25% of patients either have distant metastases or significant local-regional disease with no symptoms that can be attributed to renal cell carcinoma. A 64-year-old Indian male with a past history of coronary artery bypass graft surgery, congestive heart failure, and ...
Abstract 15299: Cardiogenic Shock and Flash Pulmonary Edema in an Uncommon Nonischemic Nonmyxomatous Spontaneous Rupture of Anterolateral Mitral Valve Papillary Muscledoi:10.1161/circ.148.suppl_1.15299Mitral valve diseaseAcute heart failureIntroduction:Mitral valve papillary muscle rupture is a rare condition...
Background: Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is characterized by symptoms, ECG changes with elevated cardiac markers mimicking acute myocardial infarction, left ventricular (LV) wall motion abnormalities in the apical region with preserved function of base, and normal coronary arteries. Usual ECG ...