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Lessons To Be Learned: Case Reports And Complications, John Lawrence, Md, David L. Fischman

Division of Cardiology Faculty Papers

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Wide Unroofed Coronary Sinus And Cryptogenic Stroke: A Case Report., Savalan Babapoor-Farrokhran, Aditi Kalla, Behnam Bozorgnia, Aman Amanullah

Division of Cardiology Faculty Papers

Background : Unroofed coronary sinus (UCS) is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly in which there is complete or partial absence of the roof of the coronary sinus (CS) resulting in a communication between the right and left atria. There are four types of UCS described in the literature. While usually asymptomatic and discovered incidentally on imaging, UCS can be the source of a brain abscess or paradoxical embolism.

Case summary : A 62-year-old gentleman presented to the emergency department with sudden onset of right-sided weakness and subsequent unresponsiveness. His brain computed tomography (CT) was consistent with left-sided stroke. Transthoracic echocardiography …

Outcomes Of Mechanical Circulatory Support For Giant Cell Myocarditis: A Systematic Review, Preeyal M. Patel, Abhiraj Saxena, Chelsey T. Wood, Mfa, Thomas J. O'Malley, Elizabeth Maynes, John W..C. Entwistle, H. Todd Massey, Preethi R Pirlamarla, René J Alvarez, Leslie T Cooper, J. Eduardo Rame, Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili

Division of Cardiology Faculty Papers

Treatment of giant cell myocarditis (GCM) can require bridging to orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) or recovery with mechanical circulatory support (MCS). Since the roles of MCS and immunotherapy are not well-defined in GCM, we sought to analyze outcomes of patients with GCM who required MCS. A systematic search was performed in June 2019 to identify all studies of biopsy-proven GCM requiring MCS after 2009. We identified 27 studies with 43 patients. Patient-level data were extracted for analysis. Median patient age was 45 (interquartile range (IQR): 32–57) years. 42.1% (16/38) were female. 34.9% (15/43) presented in acute heart failure. 20.9% (9/43) …

Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia Ablation With A Power-Controlled, Contact-Force Catheter., Chase J Contino, Max Weiss, Michael P Riley, Daniel R Frisch

Division of Cardiology Faculty Papers

Radiofrequency catheter ablation is a safe and effective treatment option for atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT). A nonirrigated ablation catheter used in a temperature-controlled mode is traditionally used for AVNRT ablation due to the shallow lesion depth required for successful slow-pathway ablation. In this case, a nonirrigated ablation catheter established inadequate lesions to ablate the slow pathway successfully. The adoption of an irrigated contact-force ablation catheter used in a power-controlled mode was necessary to provide higher power and possibly create a deeper lesion to ablate the slow pathway successfully, thus eliminating AVNRT inducibility in this patient.

Caseous Mitral Valve Calcification And Concurrent Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: A Rare Cause Of Stroke, Waqas Ullah, Donald C. Haas, Talal Almas, Aws- Al-Mukhtar, Asad Inayat

Division of Cardiology Faculty Papers

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