Publications by authors named "Sherif S Iskander"
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the relative benefit of intensive medical therapy compared with coronary revascularization for suppressing scintigraphic ischemia.
Background: Although medical therapies can reduce myocardial ischemia and improve patient survival after acute myocardial infarction, the relative benefit of medical therapy versus coronary revascularization for reducing ischemia is unknown.
Methods: A prospective randomized trial in 205 stable survivors of acute myocardial infarction was made to define the relative efficacy of an intensive medical therapy strategy versus coronary revascularization for suppressing scintigraphic ischemia as assessed by serial gated adenosine Tc-99m sestamibi myocardial perfusion tomography.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine whether gated adenosine Tc-99m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography (ADSPECT) could accurately define risk and thereby guide therapeutic decision making in stable survivors of acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Background: Controversy continues as to the role of noninvasive stress imaging in stratifying risk early after AMI.
Methods: The INSPIRE (Adenosine Sestamibi Post-Infarction Evaluation) trial is a prospective multicenter trial which enrolled 728 clinically stable survivors of AMI who had gated ADSPECT within 10 days of hospital admission and subsequent 1-year follow-up.
Article Synopsis
- Left atrial sarcomas are rare and aggressive primary heart tumors that resist typical treatment methods.
- This case report highlights the rapid growth of such a tumor in a patient.
- It details a successful surgical strategy involving ex-vivo resection, reconstruction with a pericardial patch, and autotransplantation to achieve local control of the tumor.
Article Synopsis
- - A patient with cardiac angiosarcoma exhibited symptoms resembling mitral stenosis and constrictive-effusive pericarditis.
- - The case highlights the importance of transesophageal echocardiography in providing better insights compared to transthoracic imaging.
- - This unusual presentation of a cardiac tumor underscores the complexity of diagnosing such conditions based on hemodynamic responses.