Reviewing the Impacts of Natural and Technological Disasters on the End-Stage Kidney Disease Community.

The impact and severity of natural disasters and hazards have been increasing in the United States and throughout the world. With our mounting reliance and dependence on technology in our industrialized society, technological disasters also have become more commonplace. Although disasters may occur with little to no warning, these risks are felt to be acceptable despite their ability to impact large populations.

An Intramyocardial Lipoma Mimicking Post-infarction Fatty Changes: Discussion of Key Distinguishing Imaging Findings and Clinical Implications.

Cardiac lipomas are benign primary cardiac tumors that are most often asymptomatic and diagnosed incidentally. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the imaging modality of choice when aiming to characterize these tumors. A minority of cardiac lipomas are intramyocardial, which, when combined with the much more common post-infarction fatty metaplasia, makes diagnosing these lipomas very challenging.

The dancing thrombus: 4D transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of a pedunculated left atrial appendage thrombus.

It is rare that a left atrial appendage thrombus will grow to the extent that it can prolapse into the left ventricle. We report the case of a large prolapsing left atrial thrombus diagnosed by 3D echocardiography in a patient presenting with a transient ischemic attack.

Rest and exercise hemodynamic and metabolic findings in active duty soldiers referred for cardiac catheterization to exclude heart disease: Insights from past invasive cardiopulmonary exercise testing using multisensor high fidelity catheters.

Objective: This study describes results of iCPET from the past, which used submaximal stress and multisensor high-fidelity catheters to exclude heart disease in a unique population of young adults.

Background: There has been resurgence in comprehensive hemodynamic evaluation of complex cardiovascular patients. Although dynamic assessments during cardiac catheterization have become commonplace, there remains limited information regarding left and right heart hemodynamic changes during supine exercise in young adults.

Left atrial appendage morphology and risk of stroke following pulmonary vein isolation for drug-refractory atrial fibrillation in low CHADSVasc risk patients.

Background: Cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) has become an important adjunct in the structural assessment of the pulmonary veins (PV) prior to pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). Published data is conflicting regarding a relationship between left atrial appendage (LAA) and the risk of ischemic stroke (CVA) following PVI. We investigated the associations of volumetric and morphologic left atrial (LA) and LAA measurements for CVA following PVI.