Resistant Ventricular Arrhythmia and the Role of Overdrive Pacing in the Suppression of the Electrical Storm by Mohamed Magdi, Mahmood Mubasher, Hakam Alzaeem, Tahir Hamid

“…Ventricular arrhythmia storm is a state of cardiac instability characterized by multiple ventricular arrhythmias or multiple ICD therapies within a 24-hour duration. …”
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Chromosome 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Presenting as Adult Onset Hypoparathyroidism: Clues to Diagnosis from Dysmorphic Facial Features by Sira Korpaisarn, Objoon Trachoo, Chutintorn Sriphrapradang

“…He had no history of cardiac disease and recurrent infection. His subtle dysmorphic facial features and mild intellectual impairment were suspected for chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. …”
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The Toll of Vascular Insufficiency: Implications for the Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease by Jun Xu, Ulka Sachdev

“…While a body of literature continues to grow describing the role of danger signaling and innate immunity in cardiac biology, the role of these pathways in the ischemic myopathy associated with PAD has not been extensively studied. …”
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FOLFOX Induced Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Treated with Impella Assist Device by Swethika Sundaravel, Abdulah Alrifai, Mohamad Kabach, Waqas Ghumman

“…Most of these patients have reversible cardiotoxicity and the cardiac function recovers within a short period with supportive treatment. …”
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An Unusual Initial Presentation of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma as Recurrent Syncope by Kunhwa Kim, Harpreet Kaur, Matthew Chan, Manju Balasubramanian, Sorab Gupta, Vinicius M. Jorge

“…This is the rare case of lymphoma presenting as recurrent syncope without cardiac involvement. The patient did not have any further episodes of syncope after her successful treatment of DLBCL.…”
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Olmesartan Associated Sprue-Like Enteropathy and Colon Perforation by Mahmoud Abdelghany, Luis Gonzalez, John Slater, Christopher Begley

“…At the emergency department she suffered from a cardiac arrest and was found to have a colon perforation. …”
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Movahed's sign of left ventricle on myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in a case with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension by Fatih Bati, Guler Si̇lov, Nilufer Bicakci, Banu Kirtiloglu

“…This case is important in clearly showing the cardiac and pulmonary reflections of CTEPH. [Med-Science 2024; 13(4.000): 1024-6]…”
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Conservatively Treated Incidental Aneurysm of the Distal Left Main Coronary Artery: Detection by Coronary Angiography and Noninvasive Followup Using Coronary Computed Tomography An... by Nina P. Hofmann, Hassan Abdel-Aty, Stefan Siebert, Hugo A. Katus, Grigorios Korosoglou

“…Angiographic images are provided, acquired during cardiac catheterization, as well as coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) images obtained at 1 year of followup.…”
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PEEP or No PEEP: That Is Not the Question by Jesús Villar, Arthur S Slutsky

“…In the absence of controlled clinical trials, the use of PEEP in acute respiratory distress syndrome needs to be guided by physiological principles that balance the beneficial effects of an increase in functional residual capacity, prevention of alveolar closure, redistribution of lung water and improved ventilation of low ventilation-perfusion areas against the potential harm of alveolar rupture (barotrauma and "volutrauma") and reduction in cardiac output.…”
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Current Diagnosis and Therapeutic Approach of Functional Mitral Regurgitation by Prima Almazini

“…While the effect of surgery on improving mortality in patients with functional mitral regurgitation is not established yet, recent guidelines recommend considering surgery for patients who have undergone coronary artery bypass surgery or other cardiac procedures.…”
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Dr. Jonas Basanavičius (1851–1927) and his nervous disease by A. Ulytė, E. Sakalauskaitė-Juodeikienė

“…Basanavičius suffered from various episodic ailments – headache, insomnia, deafness, olfactory and gustatory impairments, cardiac arrhythmias, leg pain, paraesthesias, and urinary disorders which he attributed to neurasthenia. …”
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Chest Pain and Costochondritis Associated with Vitamin D Deficiency: A Report of Two Cases by Robert C. Oh, Jeremy D. Johnson

“…We describe 2 patients with chest pain that were initially worked up for cardiac etiologies but were eventually diagnosed with costochondritis and vitamin D deficiency. …”
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Simultaneous Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Anterior Rectum Resection: The First Clinical Case in Kazakhstan by Anuar Abdikarimov, Serik Aitaliyev, Vladimir Dikolayev

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Inability to Utilize Retrograde Cardioplegia due to a Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava by Rohesh J. Fernando, Sean D. Johnson

“…While this finding is not hemodynamically significant in all patients, failure to recognize the altered anatomy in any of these patients can be consequential during procedures such as central venous catheter placement, pacemaker/defibrillator wire placement, and use of retrograde cardioplegia during cardiac surgery. We present a case of an intraoperative diagnosis of a persistent left superior vena cava that altered the original plan to arrest the heart using retrograde cardioplegia. …”
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Psychocardiology, discipline is essential in these times by Teresa Rodríguez Rodríguez

“…Emphasis is on considering the psychological intervention on prevention and rehabilitation for these conditions, the psychological aspects associated with invasive procedures in patients with coronary artery disease, the changes arising from acute illness and the critical condition of the patient also changes cognitive order result of changes in the microcirculation and cardiac ischemia. It emphasizes the importance of giving the study and psychological interventions in heart disease and a gender focus to include the study of the family as the cradle of learning styles of life, social support agent, as well as subjects that involved directly in the complex network of heart disease by genetic markers. …”
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Vibrio vulnificus specie isolation in series blood culture. A case report. by Elio Jesús Núñez Tamayo, Susana Chamero Melgarejo, Julián Viera Yanez, Belkys Rodríguez Llerena, Nancy Ramírez Martínez, Dania Peñaranda Pordomingo, Annia Alvarado Borges

“…This patient progresses rapidly to cardiac arrest, is reanimated , and is admitted at the ICU with control pressuremetric ventilation. …”
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Aortic Root Abscess with Aorta to Right Atrium Fistula due to Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) by Stephen J. Hankinson, Elliot A. Sultanik, Gautam V. Ramani

“…We present a case of root abscess with aorta to right atrium fistula due to vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) after limb amputation and cardiac surgery. Patient underwent redo aortic valve replacement, patch repair of aorta to right atrial fistula, and tricuspid valve repair with a ring. …”
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Vericiguat: A New Hope for Heart Failure Patients by Raquel Chiles, Rami A. Al-Horani

“…This heart is unable to produce adequate cardiac output to perfuse vital tissues. At a fundamental level, it is known that the cardioprotective pathway of nitric oxide-soluble guanylate cyclase-cyclic guanosine monophosphate is impaired in heart failure patients. …”
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A Case of Severe Mitral Valve Regurgitation in a Patient with Leadless Pacemaker by Srikala R. Gumireddy, Minako Katayama, Hari P. Chaliki

“…An 85-year-old man with cardiac history notable for atrial fibrillation diagnosed 10 years ago which was being treated with atenolol and warfarin presented to our institution with persistent atrial fibrillation. …”
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Ivabradine and Milrinone—Bridge to Recovery in New HFrEF With Low-Output Heart Failure by Lekha Racharla, Lucas Gitzel, Max Joseph, Desire Guthier, Nael Hawwa

“…We present three patients with newly diagnosed severe HFrEF, NYHA Class 3–4 symptoms, and low cardiac output with and without organ malperfusion. …”
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