Publications by authors named "Deeksha Acharya"
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- Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) poses serious health risks, and while recovery of heart function is important, it doesn't guarantee better long-term outcomes; additional assessments using cardiac MRI (CMR) can reveal further risks.
- The study analyzed 51 PPCM patients, highlighting that lower left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), peak global longitudinal strain (GLS), and higher extracellular volume (ECV) were linked to worse outcomes, including the need for heart assist devices or transplants.
- Findings suggest CMR might help identify patients at higher risk for serious adverse outcomes beyond what LVEF can indicate, potentially revealing future treatment targets like diffuse myocardial fibrosis.
Introduction: Data on treatment of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) has evolved with guidance from national societies beginning around 2018. Given emerging guidance and relatively uncommon presentation of SCAD, we hypothesized that a specialized SCAD clinic would improve guidance-based care.
Methods: We utilized a system-wide electronic medical record search to identify individuals with SCAD diagnosis from 2018 to 2023.
Cephalic tetanus is a rare clinical form of tetanus, clinically characterized by trismus and cranial nerve palsy involving one or more cranial nerves, facial nerve being the most common. We report a case of cephalic tetanus with left-sided lower motor facial nerve palsy in a 66-year-old non-immunized patient after an untreated laceration injury. The patient had dysphagia, spasm of the muscles of mastication, asymmetry of the left side of the face, cough, shortness of breath, and stiffness of neck muscles.
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