Cardiomyopathy Journal Articles

• To Stent or Not to Stent in Ischemic Heart Failure Does percutaneous coronary intervention improve clinical outcomes in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction?
  ACC.org, November 08, 2023
• Acute Liver Failure Due to Herpes Simplex Viral Hepatitis While a rare occurrence, this case underscores the need to be aware of HSV hepatitis as a possible cause of acute liver failure.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, October 27, 2023
• Safety Monitoring of Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine in Those >12 Years This CDC report confirms the safety of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents and adults 12 years of age and older.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 16, 2023
• What Is a Normal Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction? Multiple studies have suggested conflicting LVEF thresholds for predicting outcome in heart failure. Is there is no clear range at which we can say the LVEF is normal?
  Circulation, October 13, 2023
• Fleaborne Typhus-Associated Deaths Over 170 cases of fleaborne typhus were reported in Los Angeles county in 2022, including three fatal cases, indicating that the disease is on the rise in that area.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 11, 2023
• CV Outcomes After COVID-19 Vaccine-Associated Myocarditis This follow-up study evaluated the cardiovascular outcomes at up to 1 year in adolescent patients diagnosed with COVID-19 vaccine-associated myocarditis.
  Circulation, October 06, 2023
• Mold Infections After Organ Transplant From Drowned Donors The transplantation of organs from drowned organ donors could cause fatal invasive mold infections in transplant recipients. Clinicians should consider the potential risk.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, September 28, 2023
• Bloodstream Infections After Congenital Heart Surgery Children undergoing congenital heart surgery may be at risk for developing bloodstream infections. What do we know about the incidence and risk factors for this complication?
  American Journal of Critical Care, September 07, 2023
• Value of Echocardiography in Pulmonary Hypertension Could echocardiography have a role in the diagnosis and prognosis of pulmonary hypertension?
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, September 05, 2023
• Addressing Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes In diabetes, a glycemic focus alone is not sufficient for addressing cardiovascular risk reduction, according to a new study.
  Circulation, August 28, 2023
• Instability of Harmonized TSH Immunoassays in Practice How stable is TSH harmonization in clinical practice? This paper compared differences between four immunoassays.
  Clinical Endocrinology, August 21, 2023
• Recombinant Activated Factor VII for Cardiac Surgical Bleeding Is there a place for recombinant activated factor VII in cardiac surgery? Review its history, mechanism, and recommendations on its use in cardiac surgical bleeding in this article.
  Anesthesiology, August 16, 2023
• AF Ablation Remains Effective After a Year of Waiting A recent study found that AF ablation retains its effectiveness in preventing AF, even if performed after a year on antiarrhythmic drug therapy.
  European Heart Journal, August 15, 2023
• Gut Microbiome in Cardiovascular Disease and Heart Failure A new study investigates the relevance of imidazole propionate, a gut microbial metabolite, to cardiovascular disease and heart failure.
  JACC: Heart Failure, August 14, 2023
• Atrial Fibrillation Induced By Gabapentin This case highlights the potential of gabapentin to induce atrial fibrillation, even in previously healthy young adult patients.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, August 08, 2023
• Should CTCA Be the Initial Diagnostic Test in Suspected Angina? In this debate, clinicians present opposing views of computed tomography coronary angiography as a first-line testing option in patients with acute or chronic chest pain without known CAD.
  European Heart Journal, August 08, 2023
• Burden of Mood Symptoms and Disorders in ICD Patients How prevalent is depression, anxiety, and PTSD in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators?
  Europace, August 04, 2023
• Iron Deficiency and Cognition After Kidney Transplantation Could iron deficiency treatment help restore cognitive function among kidney transplant recipients?
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, August 03, 2023
• The Paradox of Coronary Artery Disease in Veteran Athletes A new study aims to elucidate the relationship between exercise dose and cardiovascular health. Why are lifelong endurance athletes more likely to exhibit elevated CAC and atherosclerotic plaque?
  European Heart Journal, August 03, 2023
• Bacterial Endocarditis Following COVID-19 Infection Was bacterial endocarditis in these two patients with COVID-19 secondary to the immunocompromising effect of tocilizumab?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, August 01, 2023