Heart Failure: 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 07, 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 26, 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 12, 2023
• Factors for Readmissions After Posterior Lumbar Fusion How accurate are machine learning models at identifying the predictive factors for readmissions after posterior lumbar fusion procedures?
  Spine, October 10, 2023
• Use of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines in Older Adults While RSV is usually associated with young children, it can also cause severe respiratory illness in older adults. This report reviews ACIP recommendations for RSV vaccine in adults over 60.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 01, 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 27, 2023
• A Nomogram to Determine Neurological Outcomes in Cardiac Arrest The authors present a novel nomogram based on clinical characteristics as a tool to predict neurological outcomes in cardiac arrest survivors who are unconscious.
  BMC Anesthesiology, September 25, 2023
• Prosthetic Knee Infection by a-hemolytic Streptococcus Species Prosthetic joint infections are most commonly caused by staphylococcal species, but this case of a prosthetic knee infection demonstrates the potential of a-hemolytic Streptococcus infection as well.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, September 21, 2023
• Chloride and Potassium for Thiazide-Associated Hyponatremia Assessments of chloride and potassium balance in urine could serve as an additional diagnostic tool for the differential diagnosis of thiazide-associated hyponatremia.
  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, September 20, 2023
• Does MitraClip Stand the Test of Time? In the 5-year analysis of the COAPT trial, MitraClip continued to benefit patients.
  ACC.org, September 19, 2023
• Established and Emerging Lipid-Lowering Drugs for CVD Prevention This review summarizes the mechanisms of action, side effects, effect on blood lipids, and reduction in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality of both established and emerging lipid-lowering drugs.
  American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs, September 18, 2023
• Perioperative Management of Patients Exposed to Psychostimulants Patients exposed to psychostimulants present a variety of perioperative clinical challenges. Review the implications for the anesthesiologist in this article.
  Anesthesia & Analgesia, September 12, 2023
• Delayed Intubation and Mortality in COVID-19 Respiratory Failure Among patients with ARF due to COVID-19 pneumonia treated with HFNC but subsequently intubated, intubation delayed beyond 24 hours was associated with increased mortality, according to this study.
  BMC Anesthesiology, September 06, 2023
• Value of Echocardiography in Pulmonary Hypertension Could echocardiography have a role in the diagnosis and prognosis of pulmonary hypertension?
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, September 04, 2023
• Wearable Health and Fitness Tech in Cardiovascular Medicine This review examines the various cardiovascular metrics provided by common consumer wearable devices. What are the potential pitfalls in interpreting and evaluating these metrics?
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology, September 03, 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 27, 2023
• NT-proBNP Level in Preoperative Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Might NT-proBNP be a more accurate and cost-effective alternative to myocardial perfusion scan for predicting postoperative cardiovascular complications in non-cardiac surgery?
  BMC Anesthesiology, August 23, 2023
• Hormones and Aging: Endocrine Society Scientific Statement The Endocrine Society has issued a scientific statement regarding hormones and aging and identifies future areas of research.
  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, August 20, 2023
• Hyperpyrexia in a Healthy Pregnant Female With COVID Pneumonia This case presents hyperpyrexia as a rare, life-threatening complication of COVID-19 pneumonia in a pregnant patient, with a fever that rose to over 106F.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, August 17, 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 15, 2023