Chest Pain With Exercise-Induced Left Bundle-Branch Block Is There a Connection?
This case report describes a patient in their early 60s with chest pain during exertion.
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Arrhythmia During Anaphylaxis An Intrinsic or Extrinsic Cause?
A patient in their 50s presented to the emergency department (ER) within 30 minutes of ingestion of prawns at a restaurant with complaints of an itchy skin rash, and generalized weakness; his pulse rate was 79 bpm, his blood pressure…
Incorrect Electrocardiogram Lead Placement in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
This case report describes a patient in their 70s with acute onset waxing and waning chest pressure, which radiated to both arms and was accompanied by shortness of breath.
Mild Transaminase Elevation With Rapid Diagnostic Escalation – A Teachable Moment
This Teachable Moment describes a 33-year-old woman with decreasing transaminase levels on repeated testing and ultrasonography showing fatty infiltration.
Adenosine Triphosphate Citrate Lyase and Fatty Acid Synthesis Inhibition – A Narrative Review
Importance Adenosine triphosphate citrate lyase (ACLY) is a key regulatory enzyme of glucose metabolism, cholesterol and fatty acid synthesis, and the inflammatory cascade. Bempedoic acid, an ACLY inhibitor, significantly reduces atherogenic lipid markers, including low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), non–high-density lipoprotein cholesterol,…
Woman in Her 50s With an Intravenous Mass Extending to the Right Cardiac Chamber
This case report describes a diagnosis of intravenous leiomyomatosis in a woman in her 50s who presented with exertional dyspnea and syncope and had a history of hysteromyomectomy.
An Elderly Woman With Ventricular Tachycardia
A woman in her 90s presented to the emergency department with fever, hemoptysis, and syncopal episodes. An electrocardiogram showed monomorphic ventricular tachycardia with a morphology suggesting right ventricular (RV) origin. What would you do next?
Deep Learning for Cardiovascular Imaging – A Review
Importance Artificial intelligence (AI), driven by advances in deep learning (DL), has the potential to reshape the field of cardiovascular imaging (CVI). While DL for CVI is still in its infancy, research is accelerating to aid in the acquisition, processing, and/or…
Aligning US Agency Policies for Cardiovascular Devices Through the Breakthrough Devices Program
Importance The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have different statutory authorities; FDA evaluates safety and effectiveness for market authorization of medical devices while CMS determines whether coverage is “reasonable and necessary” for…
Adult With Unrepaired Single-Ventricle Defect
This case report discusses the diagnosis of double-inlet left ventricle in a male adult patient in his 50s who presented with New York Heart Association class III heart failure.
