Publications by authors named "John C Yu"

Psoriasis is a common skin condition worldwide. Moderate-to-severe disease is treated with biologic or non-biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs. These include tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-a inhibitors, interleukin (IL)-17 inhibitors, and IL-23 inhibitors.

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Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) is defined by dyspnea and deoxygenation due to a change in body position from lying down to an upright position. We present a case of a large right atrial (RA) thrombus likely due to a right coronary artery fistula in a patient with a patent foramen ovale (PFO). On imaging, the thrombus was thought to be an atrial myxoma involving the tricuspid valve; however, after surgical excision and histopathological analysis, it was noted to be a cystic thrombus.

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The dramatic increase in the worldwide prevalence of obesity has paralleled the increase in the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Even with heightened awareness by the lay and medical communities, OSA is still markedly under-diagnosed, as evidenced by the persistent presentation of late-stage cardiovascular complications in obese individuals newly diagnosed with sleep apnea. The clinical sequela of untreated and poorly-treated sleep apnea include conditions that are considered components of the metabolic syndrome for which central obesity is one of the major case-defining features.

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