Publications by authors named "Ataul Qureshi"
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- - Cor triatriatum is a significant cause of heart failure and atrial arrhythmias in young adults
- - Misdiagnosing this condition can lead to wrong treatments and delays in necessary surgery
- - Using integrated imaging techniques and teamwork among hospitals and cardiac specialists can improve patient outcomes
Training for Marathons during a Marathon Pandemic: Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Fitness among High-Level Nonelite Runners.
J Sports Med (Hindawi Publ Corp)
October 2021
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on all aspects of life, including physical fitness and well-being of the general population. In the present study, we assessed the effect of the pandemic on the subjective and objective fitness of high-level nonelite runners.
Methods: The MASTERS Athletic Study is an ongoing survey of training and health habits of high-level nonelite runners, the majority of whom compete in marathons and other extreme endurance events.
Serotonin syndrome is a potentially lethal complication of antidepressant therapy. Cardiac surgical patients are at particularly high risk of serotonin syndrome due to the prevalence of depression in patients with advanced cardiac disease, many of whom receive multiple serotonergic agents in the perioperative period. Here, we describe a case of postoperative serotonin syndrome following methylene blue administration for perioperative vasoplegia during left ventricular assist device implantation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSymmetrical peripheral gangrene (SPG) is a rare entity characterized by ischemic changes of the distal extremities with maintained vascular integrity. We present the case of a 64-year-old man with bilateral necrotic toes and deranged liver function tests. This was thought to be related to severely depressed ejection fraction from non-ischemic etiology, presumably chronic alcohol ingestion.
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- In urgent surgeries for patients with recent stent implants, the need to continue dual therapy must be balanced against the risk of bleeding, often depending on individual surgeon preferences.
- Cangrelor, an intravenous antiplatelet drug, is highlighted as a safe bridging option in a case involving a patient with acute thrombocytopenia after re-exposure to tirofiban, allowing safe surgery despite the bleeding risks associated with dual therapy.
Subaortic stenosis (SAS) is a rare entity in adults with an unclear aetiology and variable clinical presentations and outcomes. SAS typically tends to occur in the first decade of life either as an isolated lesion or in association with other congenital heart diseases. The clinical presentation of SAS can closely mimic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with obstructive physiology.
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