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Let's Combat COVID-19 Pandemic Together
The COVID-19 outbreak presents the unprecedented challenge for world public and medical practitioners and health care providers. The Elmer Press Inc is herein to participate the combating COVID-19 through all possible efforts, as a clinical medicine publisher, we would facilitate the rapid and effective communication of management of this pandemic, we will consider submissions related to all aspects of this disease, including prevention, basic viral research, epidemiology, treatment, vaccine, fast screening, diagnosis, prognosis, etc. We will process such manuscripts in priority and publish them ASAP after peer-reviewed and accepted.
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Let Us Aggressively Confront the Coronavirus PandemicThe coronavirus due to its infectivity, contagious from otherwise healthy appearing individuals and high mortality, poses a serious threat to world health and the world economy. The medical community needs to approach the pandemic with urgency and with approaches that would not ordinarily be taken with a less urgent threat.
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ALCAPA in an Octogenarian Woman: An EnigmaALCAPA syndrome (anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery) is an exceedingly rare disease but lethal with clinical expression from myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure to death during early infancy and rare survival to adulthood.
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Unmet Needs in Anticoagulant Therapy: Potential Role of RivaroxabanThe new generation of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) have been welcomed as a convenient alternative to warfarin.
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Chest Pain With Apical Diverticulum in the Absence of Coronary DiseaseAneurysmal dilatation of segment of the left ventricle in the absence of coronary disease has been reported and termed diverticulum, which appears to be a congenital anomaly.
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The Triply Twisted Heart: Cyanosis in an Adult With Situs Inversus, Levocardia, Double Outlet Right Ventricle, and Malposition of the Great ArteriesWe present a case of a 19-year-old female presenting with cyanosis since birth. The major anomaly demonstrated was a “triply twisted heart” with a balanced physiology, allowing her to survive into adulthood.
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Antiarrhythmic therapy can be a critical component of cardiac resuscitation. Therapies in this area have seen little advance in the last decade. Bretylium, a very old drug, has been reintroduced for ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation (VT/VF) therapy. There are still important questions to be addressed with bretylium: when to administer (first- or second-line) and at which dose. Full Text | Michael Cinelli et al. Full Text | |||
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Characterization of Sedentary Behavior in Heart Failure Patients With Arthritis
Arthritis is one of the most common comorbidities in heart failure (HF) patients, and is associated with decreased activity levels. Few studies have examined sedentary behavior (SB) in HF patients with arthritis, and little is known about the factors that may influence SB in this population. Full Text
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Peripheral Embolization of Left Ventricular Thrombus Leading to Acute Bilateral Critical Limb Ischemia: A Rare Phenomenon
Left ventricular thrombus (LVT) is a well-known complication of myocardial infarction (MI) leading to significant morbidity and mortality. LVT can also lead to systemic thromboembolic events causing threatening limb ischemia. We report a rare case of critical bilateral limb ischemia that resulted from peripheral embolization of LVT post MI, which was managed successfully by emergent surgical intervention and anticoagulation. Full Text
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Past IssuesVol. 11, No. 4, Aug 2020
Table of Contents
Review
| Causes, Diagnosis, Risk Stratification and Treatment of Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease: An Updated Review | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Stefanos Sakellaropoulos, Muhemin Mohammed, Stefano Svab, Dimitra Lekaditi, Panagiotis Sakellaropoulos, Andreas Mitsis | 205-212 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1061 |
| Upstream Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation Prevention: The Role of Sacubitril/Valsartan | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Renato De Vecchis, Andrea Paccone, Marco Di Maio | 213-218 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1073 |
Original Article
| Real-World Experience With a Tapered Biodegradable Polymer-Coated Sirolimus-Eluting Stent in Patients With Long Coronary Artery Stenoses | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Alessandro Lupi, Fabrizio Ugo, Leonardo De Martino, Vincenzo Infantino, Mario Iannaccone, Sergio Iorio, Angelo Di Leo, Salvatore Colangelo, Marco Zanera, Alon Schaffer, Simone Persampieri, Roberto Garbo, Gaetano Senatore | 219-225 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1055 |
| Efficacy of Allopurinol in Cardiovascular Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Waqas Ullah, Shristi Khanal, Rozi Khan, Bikash Basyal, Samavia Munir, Artem Minalyan, M. Chadi Alraies, David L. Fischman | 226-232 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1066 |
| The Determination of the Plaque Burden on the Carotid Artery With Ultrasound Significantly Improves the Risk Prediction in Middle-Aged Subjects Compared to PROCAM: An Outcome Study | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Ansgar Adams, Waldemar Bojara, Michel Romanens | 233-238 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1067 |
| Association of Potentially Inappropriate Medications With All-Cause Mortality in the Elderly Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Patients: Importance of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Prescription | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Tomiko Sunaga, Azusa Yokoyama, Shoko Nakamura, Nagisa Miyamoto, Saki Watanabe, Miki Tsujiuchi, Sakura Nagumo, Ayaka Nogi, Hideyuki Maezawa, Takuya Mizukami, Mio Ebato, Hiroshi Suzuki, Akihiro Nakamura, Toru Watanabe, Tadanori Sasaki | 239-246 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1078 |
| Skin Autofluorescence as a Predictor of First Heart Failure Hospitalization in Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Takashi Hitsumoto | 247-255 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1097 |
Short Communication
| Single Center Trends in Acute Coronary Syndrome Volume and Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Weiyi Tan, Rushi V. Parikh, Rebecca Chester, Jeffrey Harrell, Vanessa Franco, Olcay Aksoy, Ravi Dave, Asim Rafique, Marcella Press | 256-259 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1096 |
Case Report
| Echocardiographic Characteristics of Subjects With COVID-19: A Case Series | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Raymundo Vera-Pineda, Edgar Francisco Carrizales-Sepulveda, Adrian Camacho-Ortiz, Laura Nuzzolo-Shihadeh, Francisco Cruz-Ramos, Alejandro Ordaz-Farias, Mario Alberto Benavides-Gonzalez, Gabriel Carranza-Villegas | 260-265 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1084 |