Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in stable coronary disease can improve quality of life and may reduce type 1 MI.1 Identifying significant coronary lesions that will benefit from PCI can sometimes be challenging.
As cardiologists have wondered about the reasons for the decline in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) cases globally, our facility has remained busy, with the hospital registering only a mild decrease in the number of these cases. My…
This case involves a 59-year-old male with a diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2-confirmed atypical pneumonia (Covid-19) under invasive mechanical ventilation, vasopressor support with norepinephrine, and hemodynamic surveillance with an arterial line…
Abstract. Left main coronary artery atresia (LMCAA) is a rare entity that is not completely understood. This case presents an adult patient with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction after an emotional event, with incidentally discovered…
Abstract. Coronary artery bypass grafting continues to be a mainstay in treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease. Left internal mammary artery (LIMA) grafts have the highest long-term patency rates, but due to the anatomic location…
New and growing relationships can be challenged in times of crisis such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Hospitals that work effectively and proactively to manage physician involvement and ensure continued communication will develop stronger programs as…
Like many of my contemporaries, I am a boomer (aka baby boomer), a member of the post World War II generation. I grew up in the 1950-60s, graduated college in the Vietnam War era (1960-70s), and had a millennial-generation (1980-90s) daughter.…
