Understanding ascending aortic aneurysm growth and associated risk factors is critical to advising appropriate echocardiographic follow-up intervals for patients. The aim of this study was to identify aortic aneurysm growth rate on serial echocardiography as well as the clinical and demographic variables that contribute to baseline aortic size and subsequent aortic growth.
BACKGROUND: Distinguishing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) from other cardiomyopathies with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), such as hypertensive LVH, transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, and aortic stenosis, is sometimes…
Not everyone agrees: one expert says it would be more helpful to consider imaging as a quality measure at the local level.
This Viewpoint advocates for prompt aortic valve replacement (rather than clinical surveillance) as the default strategy for patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis.
John Nosta comes to Austin, Tx April 11-12th, 2025 @ The Omni Hotel Downtown to discuss “The Cognitive Age in Medicine, AI, LLMs and Iterative…
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Lindsay is preparing for her first ballet solo when she suddenly feels funny and collapses. Through her journey to see what happened, she visits the…
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Part of the benefit may be due to BP-lowering effects of the drug and/or fewer abnormal heart rhythms, says Seemant Chaturvedi.
We describe two patients in whom malignant monoclonal T-cell lymphoproliferation developed after administration of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy with ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cil…
