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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-2951/1410286

Deferred vs. Performed Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Coronary Stenosis with Grey-Zone Fractional Flow Reserve Values

Mohamed Abdelsalam Ali Mousa, MD, Hesham Hegazy Ali, MD, Mohamed Ahmed Oraby, MD, Walid Hassan, MD, MACP, FAHA, FACC, FACP and Ahmed Hassan Abdelmoneim, MD

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: 2023/10/21

Fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has shown better clinical outcomes than conventional angiography-guided PCI. The optimal FFR cut-off value for revascularization is debated. With FFR ≤ 0.75, revascularization for coronary artery disease (CAD) stenosis is associated with improved clinical outcomes, whereas with FFR ≥ 0.8, medical treatment has been shown to result in favorable long-term outcomes. ...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-2951/1410285

Right Ventricular Mass: A Unique Approach to Tissue Diagnosis

Bistees George, MD, Marina Sharif, MD, Rishi Bolla, BS, Shaheen Muhammad, MD and Stephen Cook, MD

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: 2023/10/05

A 57-year-old male with history of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), in remission, presented with face and neck swelling and dyspnea. He was found to have recurrence of his HNSCC at the base of his tongue and a new right ventricular mass. Two endomyocardial biopsy attempts yielded benign tissue. A trans-jugular core needle biopsy performed, under fluoroscopy and intracardiac echocardiogram (ICE) guidance, revealed metastasis of primary tumor....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-2951/1410282

Surgical Treatment for Anomalous Origin of the Right Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery in a Patient with Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review

Lixi Gan, Oudi Chen, Weiteng Wang, Fanyu Chen, Hongkun Qing, Qingyan Ma, Xin Li and Xuhua Jian

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: 2023/09/30

Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery (RCA) from the pulmonary artery (ARCAPA) is a rare congenital heart disease with varied clinical presentations, ranging from an asymptomatic murmur to sudden death. Surgery to rebuild the physiological coronary system is strongly recommended to prevent complications....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-2951/1410281

A Rare Case of IgG4-Related Disease Manifesting as Constrictive Pericarditis

Bistees George, MD, Eric Bain, MD, Justin Meier, MD, Justin S Stano, MD and Upasana Jarori, MD

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: 2023/09/15

Constrictive pericarditis (CP) can occur secondary to multiple etiologies such as idiopathic pericarditis, post-cardiovascular surgeries, post-chest radiation therapy, and rarely rheumatologic diseases. We report a rare case of a 41-year-old male who was found to have IgG4-related disease (RD) manifesting as isolated constrictive pericarditis treated with pericardiectomy and immunosuppressive agents....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-2951/1410280

CIED Infection Management: Gaps between Guidelines and Patients

Michael M Dore, MD

Article Type: Review Article | First Published: 2023/09/09

The implantation of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED) and subsequent CIED infections have risen in recent years; a retrospective study the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) discharge records revealed an 96% increase in CIED implantations between 1996 and 2008; in accordance with the increase in device implantations, this study showed a 210% increase in CIED infections in the same time period....

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