How we dealt with the double whammy! Acute pulmonary embolism with abdominal aortic clot and renal infarcts.

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the third most common cause of cardiovascular mortality in the United States, and the submassive PE accounts for 20%-25% of all acute PE. In the last decade, endovascular therapy with catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) intervention has shown great success in the treatment of submassive PE. There is limited data regarding using these devices to treat patients with concomitant abdominal aortic and renal vessel clots.

The great invasion, a case of lung mass invading the heart through the pulmonary veins.

The heart is a rare site of metastatic lesions of malignancies. Cardiac metastasis may go unrecognized till autopsy, and about half of all newly diagnosed lung cancer patients have metastasis to another organ. Due to the absence of early symptoms, the clinical diagnosis of cardiac metastasis is challenging.

Stemi mimicking post COVID: a case of focal myopericarditis post COVID infection.

Since the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) pandemic, several cases of myocarditis related to COVID-19 infection have been reported. These cases range from asymptomatic disease to fulminant heart failure or sudden cardiac death. Cardiac injury has also been found in asymptomatic patients and patients who recovered from the disease.

Heart broken. An unusual case of biventricular takotsubo cardiomyopathy complicated by STEMI and Left ventricular thrombi. A case report.

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is a rare occurrence in patients with troponin-positive acute coronary syndrome (ACS). It usually manifests as transient apical ballooning of the left ventricle with concomitant occurrence of right ventricular involvement in only one-third of cases. Biventricular TCM is associated with more hemodynamic instability as compared to left sided alone.

Acute-Hypoxemia-Induced Right-To-Left Shunting in the Presence of Patent Foramen Ovale.

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a common congenital abnormality of the heart. It results from incomplete closure of foramen ovale that persists in adulthood. Most individuals with PFO are asymptomatic and are discovered incidentally.

A rare presentation of transient hypothermia in HIV infection: A case report and systematic review of cases.

Hypothermia defined as a core body temperature less than 35°C causes hundreds of deaths annually in the United States. It can occur in a variety of clinical settings, including environmental exposure, shock, infection, metabolic disorders, alcohol, or drug toxicity, and malnutrition. This condition can affect many different organ systems and may lead to serious complications including cardiac arrhythmia.

COVID-19 and Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A Single Center Experience.

Background And Objectives:  To describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) -- a single center tertiary hospital experience.

Materials And Methods:  A retrospective study was conducted among patients admitted to our hospital in the United States between March 1and June 15, 2020 with DKA and severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection known as COVID-19. We compared the baseline characteristics, laboratory data, and clinical course between survivors and nonsurvivors to identify the risk factors associated with mortality in the patients with DKA.

A rare case of co-occurrence of pulmonary embolism and left ventricular thrombus in a patient with COVID-19.

The global pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has caused significant morbidity and mortality, not only causing devastating lung injury but also has an enormous effect on the cardiovascular system. The hypercoagulable state associated with coronavirus 2019 plays a major role in the disease manifestation. Venous thromboembolism including pulmonary embolism remains the most common thrombotic manifestation of the disease as compared to arterial thrombosis.

Conquering the pneumococcal nemesis with oral antibiotics.

: endocarditis (SPE) occurs in <3% of all EI cases due to the evolution of penicillin and vaccination. However, immunocompromised and unvaccinated patients are still at grave risk. : A 58-year-old African American male who used alcohol and intravenous (IV) drugs presented with confusion, fever, and hemoptysis.

Enigma of recurrent strokes with literature review.

Metastatic tumors are the most common tumors affecting the heart. Primary tumors are rare, with myxomas being the most common of the primary cardiac tumors. The incidence of primary cardiac tumors is 0.