Publications by authors named "Daniel Benhuri"
Background: The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in an extraordinary increase in the number of patients who are severely critically ill. For many of these patients, cardiovascular risk factors are key contributors to the development of severe illness. Laboratory markers for cardiac damage and failure, such as natriuretic peptides, are reported to be elevated in patients with severe COVID-19.
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- COVID-19 has been linked to a higher risk of ischemic stroke, but the role of echocardiography in assessing this risk in hospitalized patients hasn't been researched before.
- A study analyzed 368 COVID-19 patients who underwent echocardiography, revealing that 13.3% of them suffered from ischemic strokes, particularly those with left atrial dilation and left ventricular thrombus.
- The newly developed COVID-19 Ischemic Stroke Risk Score effectively uses both clinical and echocardiographic factors to estimate the stroke risk, indicating echocardiography's value in this context.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease: A review of surgical decision making.
World J Gastrointest Surg
January 2016
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a very common disorder with increasing prevalence. It is estimated that up to 20%-25% of Americans experience symptoms of GERD weekly. Excessive reflux of acidic often with alkaline bile salt gastric and duodenal contents results in a multitude of symptoms for the patient including heartburn, regurgitation, cough, and dysphagia.
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