Unusual diagnosis

Case Study

Asymptomatic Presentation of a Totally Occluded Left Main Coronary Artery

12/27/2017

The angiographic finding of a completely occluded left main coronary artery is relatively uncommon and most often not compatible with life.1,2 It is even more unusual to have no symptoms related to the complete obstruction of the left main...

The angiographic finding of a...

12/27/2017

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Case Study

Asymptomatic Presentation of a Totally Occluded Left Main Coronary Artery

12/27/2017

Raj Baljepally , MD, FACC;

Robert Tonks , MD;

Rajiv Sharma , MD;

The angiographic finding of a...

12/27/2017

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Case Report

Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm Manifesting as Acute Myocardial Infarction

12/04/2017

Radhika-Alicia P. Patel , RA, MPH;

Joseph Ibrahim , MD, MS-IV, MS-II;

Pratik B. Patel , MD, FACC;

Janvi B. Patel , RA;

Coronary angiography is used to diagnose coronary artery aneurysms, and will show size, morphology, location, and the presence of coronary stenosis.

Coronary angiography is used to...

12/04/2017

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Case Report

Percutaneous Treatment of a Patient with Sjogren’s Syndrome Presenting with Simultaneous STEMI and Right Brachial Artery Occlusion

07/31/2017

Radoslaw Targoński , MD, PhD;

Krysztof Pawlowski , MD;

Lukasz Lewicki , MD, PhD;

Maciej Karwowski , MD;

This is an intriguing case of potential simultaneous plaque destabilization in two vascular beds. There are studies that suggest some patients have more than one unstable plaque in different vascular beds.(9) An embolic event should be...

This is an intriguing case of...

07/31/2017

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Case Study

Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma Presenting as a Rapidly Growing Right Atrial Mass

07/10/2017

Vatsal Bhatt , MS;

Christopher Maulion , MD;

George Batsides , MD;

Joseph Ibrahim , MD, MS-IV, MS-II;

Pratik B. Patel , MD, FACC;

We present a case of a 44-year-old woman who presented with exertional dyspnea and was found to have a 7.0 cm x 3.5 cm right atrial mass on transthoracic echocardiogram that required surgical resection.

We present a case of a...

07/10/2017

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Case Study

Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma Presenting as a Rapidly Growing Right Atrial Mass

07/10/2017

Vatsal Bhatt , MS;

Christopher Maulion , MD;

George Batsides , MD;

Joseph Ibrahim , MD, MS-IV, MS-II;

Pratik B. Patel , MD, FACC;

We present a case of a...

07/10/2017

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Case Report

Let’s Get Visual: Left Atrial Myxomas

07/28/2016

Bonnie McDonald , RN, CEPS, RCES;

Richard C. Morrison Jr., MD, FACS;

Ramanath S. Rao , MD;

Binu Jacob , MD;

Ryan Matthew Mellor , MD;

David J. Epstein , MD;

Atrial myxoma is a benign, noncancerous tumor usually occurring in the left atrium. Lesion size differs widely among patients, but generally ranges from 2 to 6 cm. Depending on the size and location, it may cause mitral valve obstruction and...

Atrial myxoma is a benign,...

07/28/2016

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Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in the Postpartum Period: A Pregnancy-Related Phenomenon

09/02/2014

S.K. Chutani , MD, DM, FHRS, CEPS, CCDS, FACC;

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a very rare cause of acute coronary syndromes in young, otherwise healthy patients, with a striking predilection for the female gender.

Spontaneous coronary artery...

09/02/2014

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Anomalies

Compression of an Anomalous Circumflex Artery due to Aortic Valve Prosthesis

06/04/2014

Vishal Mundra , MBBS, MD;

Gaurav Kumar , MBBS, MD, FACC;

Anomalous origin of circumflex artery is one of the most common incidental findings during cardiac catheterization

Anomalous origin of circumflex...

06/04/2014

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