Rheumatoid pericardial mass producing right ventricle inflow tract restriction: a case report.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the joints affecting multiple organs in the body. Pericardial disease is a relative common systemic manifestation of RA. A small number of cases are described in the literature related to pericardial involvement in RA.

Cardiac computed tomography angiography in a Puerto Rico population with chest pain: initial experience at HIMA-San Pablo Bayamón.

Cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is an efficient tool for the assessment of patients with chest pain and intermediate probability for coronary artery disease (CAD). Based on high negative predictive value results of CCTA, we decide to evaluate our performance at HIMA San Pablo Bayamón. For our study, 59 patients were selected based on history of chest pain having an intermediate CAD probability.

Cardiovascular events during general elections in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

Unlabelled: Emotional stress has been linked to acute coronary events. We examined whether the emotional response to elections in Puerto Rico induced a similar response.

Methods: We reviewed records at HIMA San Pablo Hospital (HIMASP) and Ramon Ruiz Arnau University Hospital (HURRA) in Bayamon and identified patients admitted with ICD-9 codes 410, 411, and 413 or corresponding diagnoses during a period surrounding the general elections and compared them with the same time period in non-election years.