Submissions from 2020
Novel therapeutic avenues for cholangiocarcinoma treatment: A meta-analysis, N Aljabban, J Aljabban, M Gurakar, Kamal Khorfan, S A. Syed, A Gayar, H Khan, D Hadley, and B Saberi
Dynamic conformational changes of the left ventricular outflow tract compared to the aortic annulus and implications on transcatheter aortic valve selection and sizing, Ahmad O. Aljamal, Yusuf Alalwan, Nicholas Coriasso, Courtnay Hughes, Elsheikh Abdelrahim, James C. Lee, Dee Dee Wang, Milan Pantelic, Thomas Song, Marvin H. Eng, Tiberio M. Frisoli, Pedro Villablanca, and Janet F. Wyman
Cardiogenic shock: A bittersweet diagnosis, Hussayn Alrayes, Ryhm Radjef, and Cristina Tita
LVOT obstruction and severe aortic regurgitation caused by anterolateral muscle bundle of the left ventricle: The embryologic remnant of the bulbo-atrioventricular flange, Ahmed M. Altibi, Lama N. Al Jebbawi, and Brijesh D. Patel
Clinicopathological implications of prkar1a mutation in patients with cardiac myxoma: Pooled data analysis from 101 myxoma cases, Ahmed M. Altibi, Lama Al Jebbawi, Brijesh D. Patel, Huy G. Vuong, and Ahmad M. Masri
Cryptococcus neoformans automated implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (aicd) endocarditis: A challenging case of a rare fungal endocarditis, Ahmed M. Altibi, Saleha Asghar, Lama N. Al Jebbawi, A Battisha, and Vivek Kak
Eosinophilic myocarditis in a patient with biopsy proven systemic sarcoidosis who was referred for bradycardia, Brian C. Butera, Krishna Modi, Jennifer A. Cowger, and Cori Russell
All that glitters is not gold; due diligence when interpreting pyrophosphate cardiac scans to avoid misdiagnosis of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis., Brian C. Butera, Krishna Modi, Diane K. Klingler, James McCord, and Karthikeyan Ananthasubramaniam
A time performance comparison between moderate and deep sedation for screening colonoscopies in obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea, Ivan M. Columbus Morales, Randeep Kaur, Taha Ashraf, Faisal M. Nimri, Simran K. Bhatti, and Anas Kutait
A rare case of spontaneous asymptomatic ventricular tachycardia due to arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD), Carina Dagher, Sunjay Modi, Nitesh Gandhi, Sophia Binz, and Bobak T. Rabbani
Predictors of poor outcomes in non-ischemic cardiogenic shock and the use of hospice in this population, Anh P. Do, Kelly Curran, Courtnay Hughes, Robert Solomon, and Celeste T. Williams
Safety of evaluating for acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department using a modified heart score, Anh P. Do, Ryhm Radjef, Lindsey Aurora, Ashina Singh, A Tawney, David Kraus, Gordon Jacobsen, and James McCord
Utility of gender-specific HS-troponin I cut-points for AMI diagnosis, Georgi Fram, Michael P. Hudson, James McCord, Michele Moyer, Gordon Jacobsen, and Richard M. Nowak
To bleed or to clot: Stroke prevention strategies in patients with atrial fibrillation or flutter after bleeding, Sarah Gorgis, Guneet Ahluwalia, Aeman Hana, Georgi Fram, Mohammed Dabbagh, Dilshan Dhillon, A Murad, Arfaat Khan, William W. O'Neill, Scott Kaatz, and Dee Dee Wang
Percutaneous coronary revascularization is associated with higher exercise capacity after myocardial infarction, Sarah Gorgis, Zachary Demertzis, Kelly Malette, Georgi Fram, Kaitlyn Dobesh, Steven J. Keteyian, Khaldoon Alaswad, Mir B. Basir, and Clinton Brawner
Aggressive acute coronary thrombosis in ulcerative colitis flare., Sarah Gorgis, Dilshan Dhillon, Kajali Mishra, Ashraf Saleh, Mir B. Basir, and Brittany S. Fuller
Evaluation of acute myocardial infarction using a change in high-sensitivity cardiac troponin i over 1 hour, Aeman Hana, James McCord, Michael Hudson, Bernard Cook, C Mueller, Joseph B. Miller MD, Michele Moyer, Gray Akoegbe, Gordon Jacobsen, and Richard M. Nowak
Assessing respiratory complications in patients with obesity and obstructive sleep apnea undergoing a screening colonoscopy with moderate and deep sedation, Randeep Kaur, Ivan M. Columbus Morales, Taha Ashraf, Simran K. Bhatti, Faisal M. Nimri, and Anas Kutait
Clostridium difficile peritonitis in PD: Transmural migration or intestinal perforation?, Bilal SA Khan, Snigdha Reddy, Samer Zakhour, Omar Sallam, and Hesham Shaban
PNS19 Design of study to assess impact of electronic chronic pain questions on patient-reported outcomes and healthcare utilization in a United States general practice setting, Vinay Shah, Lois Lamerato, L Abraham, J Cappelleri, B DeLor, and Stacy Ellsworth
Submissions from 2019
Effectiveness of Nurse-Driven Protocol for Blood Pressure Management, Yusuf N. Alalwan, Miriam Jaziri, Alexis C. Haftka-George, and Joseph B. Miller MD
Predictors of Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Asymptomatic Low Gradient Aortic Stenosis with Preserved Ejection, Waleed Al-Darzi, D Kupsky, Abigail L. Entz, Tamara Roumayah, Crystal Seudeal, Charlotte Burmeister, and Karthikeyan Ananthasubramaniam
Transradial versus transfemoral approach for percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusions: A meta-analysis and meta-regression, Hussayn Alrayes, Pedro A. Villablanca, Georgi Fram, Tomo Ando, Alejandro Lemor, Tarun Jain, P Michel, Mir B. Basir, and Khaldoon Alaswad
Impact of Social Determinants on Outcomes in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices, Lindsey Aurora, Guneet Ahluwalia, Michael C. Mahan, and Celeste T. Williams
Decline in Periprocedural Anticoagulant Use in Warfarin-Treated VTE Patients Following the Bridge Trial Publication, G Barnes, Y Li, X Gu, B Haymart, E Kline-Rogers, M Ali, J Kozlowski, Gregory D. Krol, J Froehlich, and Scott Kaatz
Bullous Erysipelas with Fat Herniation, L A. Bizri, Yusuf Alalwan, K Alsafadi, and Eric Scher
The Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) with Direct Acting Antiviral (DAA) Treatment in the Post Orthotopic Liver Transplant (OLT) Patient Is Safe and Efficacious, P Brown, Zachary Demertzis, and Syed-Mohammed Jafri
Negative D-dimer Not Sufficient to Stop Anticoagulation in Men, J Connors, S Parpia, F Spencer, S Schulman, S Stevens, Vinay Shah, K Bauer, J Douketis, L Stephen, C Kessler, J Ginsburg, L Spadafora, J Julian, and C Kearon
Acute Heart Failure Exacerbation and Influenza Infection, Nicholas J. Daering, Lindsey Aurora, Lucas G. Maahs, Zachery Bauer, Ahmed Dakka, and Leika Raychouni
Association study in African-admixed populations across the Americas recapitulates asthma risk loci in non-African populations, Michelle Daya, Nicholas Rafaels, Tonya M. Brunetti, Sameer Chavan, Albert M. Levin, A Shetty, Christopher R. Gignoux, Meher P. Boorgula, Genevieve Wojcik, Monica Campbell, Candelaria Vergara, Dara G. Torgerson, Victor E. Ortega, Ayo Doumatey, Henry R. Johnston, Nathalie Acevedo, M A. Araujo, Pedro C. Avila, Gillian Belbin, Eugene R. Bleecker, Carlos Bustamante, Luis Caraballo, A A. Cruz, Georgia M. Dunston, C Eng, Mezbah U. Faruque, Trevor S. Ferguson, Camila Figueiredo, Jean G. Ford, W Gan, Pierre-Antoine Gourraud, N Hansel, Ryan D Hernandez, E P. Herrera-Paz, S Jimenez, E E. Kenny, J Knight-Madden, R Kumar, L E. Lange, E M. Lange, A Lizee, P Maul, T Maul, A J. Mayorga Sirera, D A. Meyers, D L. Nicolae, R R. Oliveira, C O. Olopade, O Olopade, Z S. Qin, C Rotimi, N Vince, H Watson, R J. Wilks, J G. Wilson, S Salzberg, C Ober, E G. Burchard, Keoki L. Williams, T H. Beaty, M A. Taub, I Ruczinski, R A. Mathias, and K C. Barnes
Statin-Induced Rhabdomyolysis Complicated by Acute Renal Failure Leading to Dialysis, Dilshan Dhillon, Paul Nona, Sunjay Modi, and Zarina Alam
Outcomes of non-ischemic patients in cardiogenic shock, Anh P. Do, Courtnay Hughes, K Curran, Robert Solomon, and Celeste Williams
Predictors of Iatrogenic Hypoglycemia in Treatment of Hyperkalemia, Anh P. Do, Sandra Naffouj, Krishna Modi, Rawan Hammoudeh, Joseph B. Miller MD, and Mohammed Dabbagh
An Atypical Presentation Of Atypical Pneumonia: Legionella Causing Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Abigail L. Entz, Sarah Gorgis, and Junior Uduman
Inappropriate Statin Therapy According to Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) Risk: Can We Do Better?, Raef Fadel, Guneet Ahluwalia, Courtnay Hughes, Shivani Sharma, Ahmad Aljamal, and Jasmine-Yasmine Omar
Minor respiratory compromise and emergency department predictors of mortality in acute pancreatitis, Naureen Farook, M Baidoun, A Scott, S Bhatti, Vidhya Nair, Hadi Mohammed, Angie Adhami, Harold Gomez, J Dueweke, Guneet Ahluwalia, Joseph Miller, and Namita Jayaprakash
An assessment of psychiatric needs pre-and postmultivisceral transplant, Elizabeth Fleagle, Kelly Bryce, Kelly Collins, Syed-Mohammed Jafri, Yakir Muszkat, Atsushi Yoshida, Michael Rizzari, Nemie Beltran, Marwan Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Application of 3D CT image guidance to paravalvular leak repairs, Georgi Fram, Hussayn Alrayes, Thomas Song, Milan V. Pantelic, Jeffrey Nadig, Nick Reeser, Thomas Keimig, James Lee, Tiberio M. Frisoli, Marvin H. Eng, William W. O'Neill, and Dee Dee Wang
Small cell lung carcinoma with three paraneoplastic syndromes in one patient, Nitesh Gandhi, Alaa Abu Sayf, and Sam Tigari
An Unfortunate Case of Nonuremic Calciphylaxis, Rawan Hammoudeh, Aeman Hana, Sarah Gorgis, and Joshua D. Collins
Kratom: A So-Called Legal Opioid, David R. Henkin, Brendan Sullivan, and Joshua S. Smith
Aspirin and warfarin: A combination for everyone?, Katherine Huang, Vinay Shah, Syed F. Ahsan, Scott Kaatz, Gregory D. Krol, Stacy Ellsworth, N Ryan, and J Gentile
Cost Savings Associated with Extended INR Testing Intervals, Scott Kaatz, B Haymart, X Kong, E Kline-Rogers, M Ali, J Froehlich, and G Barnes
An Unusual Case of Bleeding Gastric Varices Secondary to Metastatic Ovarian Adenocarcinoma, Randeep Kaur, Reena Salgia, Crystal Seudeal, and Eric Scher
Monitoring and Management of Proteinuria Is Often Ignored in Patients Receiving mTOR Therapy Following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation, R Kaur, Omar Sadiq, Maryam Alimirah, F Kumssa, Anita Patel, and Syed-Mohammed Jafri
A Case of Kratom Induced Cholestasis, R Kaur, Charles B. Siedlecki, and Syed-Mohammed Jafri
Doxycycline and Drug Injury: Rare Side Effects in a Commonly Prescribed Medication, Tania M. Kohal
Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Tracheitis and Failure to Wean From Mechanical Ventilation in an Immunocompetent Host, Tania M. Kohal and David R. Henkin
Cutaneous Cryptococcus Neoformans: A Fatal Warning Sign, T M. Kohal, A D. Dudar, and Gillian Grafton
Improving the Safety of Insulin Treatment for Hyperkalemia, Nicholas P. Konowitz, Stephanie Bennett, Sophia Binz, Anh P. Do, Rawan Hammoudeh, Sandra Naffouj, Mohammed Dabbagh, and Joseph Miller
Comparison of Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Periprocedural Interruption of Warfarin or Direct Oral Anticoagulants, J Lee, B Haymart, X Kong, Scott Kaatz, Vinay Shah, J Kozlowski, M Ali, E Kline-Rogers, J B. Froehlich, and Geoffrey D. Barnes
Correlation Between Bilirubinemia and Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Cirrhosis, Adrienne Lenhart, P Brown, Omar Khan, Maryam Alimirah, Hafsa Abdulla, Reena Salgia, and Junior Uduman
Analysis of quality measures before and after switching care models in MAQI2 anticoagulation clinics, J Maniaci, C Alexandris-Souphis, Helen Gikas, M Ali, Scott Kaatz, B Haymart, N Gearhart, M DeYoung, Stacy Ellsworth, J Froehlich, G Barnes, E Kline-Rogers, and N Ryan
To Clot or to Bleed: Thrombosis as a First Sign of Microscopic Polyangiitis, Kajali Mishra, Sandra Naffouj, and Sarah Gorgis
Statin Underutilization in Patients Listed for Liver Transplant, Kajali Mishra, Sandra Naffouj, Sunjay Modi, Carina Dagher, Sarah Gorgis, and Deepak Venkat
Eosinophils at Work: Cavitary Lung Lesions in a Young Nurse, Kajali Mishra, Shivani Sharma, Sarah Gorgis, and Marcus Zervos
Analysis of Visit Factors Associated with Colorectal Cancer Screening in an Academic Outpatient Care Center, Kajali Mishra, David E. Willens, and Danielle Heidemann
Penetrating Chest Injury Leading to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Bacter-Emia and Mycotic Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Immunocompromised Patient, Sunjay Modi, Dilshan Dhillon, Paul Nona, and Daniel S. Moore
Pasteurella arthritis in a nonsurgical joint, Ali Mrad, Roberta Curtis, and L Wilson
Idiopathic Chylothorax: Is It a Benign or Malignant Diagnosis?, Sandra Naffouj and Jasmine-Yasmine Omar
Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infections after Laparoscopic Bariatric surgery: An Analysis of the MBSAQIP Database, Hassan Nasser, Tommy Ivanics, Shavran Leonard-Murali, Dania Shakaroun, and Jeffrey A. Genaw
Outcomes of tbo-filgrastim, filgrastim-sndz or filgrastim for mobilization in patients undergoing an autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant: A single center experience, Klodiana Neme, David R. Henkin, Nancy Mikulandric, Meredith Grycki, Alexander Michaels, Chadd Smith, and Josephine Emole
Restructuring Ambulatory Curriculum, Jasmine-Yasmine Omar, Danielle Heidemann, and Alexis C. Haftka-George
Diagnostic perplexities in acute critical illness related to sickle cell crisis complications, Mohamed Rezik, Ahmed Elbanna, and Namita Jayaprakash
2629 IV Iron in the Setting of Value-Based Care: Quality-of-Life Improvement and Perioperative Optimization of Anemia in The Gynecologic Population, Haleema Saeed, Sharmeen Mahmood, M R. Girgis, Ghadear Shukr, Philip Kuriakose, and Roopina Sangha
Favorable Waitlist Outcomes in Patients with Alcoholic Liver Disease in the MELD-Na ERA, M Safwan, Kelly Collins, Dilip Moonka, Syed-Mohammed Jafri, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Simple Predictors of Mortality in Acute Pancreatitis, Ashley Scott, M Baidoun, Naureen Farook, H G. Acevedo, Simran K. Bhatti, Jeffrey J. Dueweke, Vidhya Nair, Hadi Mohammed, Angie Adhami, Guneet Ahluwalia, S Hebbar, and Joseph B. Miller MD
Inhaled Beta-2 Agonist Therapy in Moderate-To-Severe ARDS: A Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study, Ashley Scott and Daniel R. Ouellette
A Fatal Case of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Due to Extra-Pulmonary Sarcoidosis, Dania Shakaroun, Hassan Nasser, and Daniel R. Ouellette
Management of Anastomotic Biliary Strictures After Liver Transplant: Role of Covered Metal Stents, Andrew Watson, Khwaja F. Haq, Kamal Khorfan, Sumit Singla, Atsushi Yoshida, and Dilip Moonka
Submissions from 2018
Alcapa of adult hood., Elsheikh Abdelrahim, Ranya Selim, and J R. Schairer
A case of pancreatic ascites., Ahmed Abdulhamid, Ranya Selim, and Elsheikh Abdelrahim
Meta-analysis illustrates roles of cholesterol synthesis, dysregulated apoptosis, and other processes in nash pathogenesis., J Aljabban, K Khorfan, I Aljabban, H Aljabban, K Foflonker, M Panahiazar, and D Hadley
Atypical pulmonary arterial hypertension in the setting of an elevated diastolic gradient-a subgroup that benefits from treatment., M AlJasmi, B L. Small, Lindsey Aurora, Bryan A. Kelly, Sara Hegab, Jeffrey H. Jennings, and Rana Awdish
Does strict glycemic control lead to better outcomes in non-icu type II diabetic patients with sepsis, M Arguello, A Amine, A Verma, and H F. Macom
A case of late onset polyglandular autoimmune syndrome., M Arguello and A Mrad
Impact of repeat echocardiograms on management decisions in patients rehospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure., Lindsey Aurora, Sarah Gorgis, Chaun M. Gandolfo, Omar Sadiq, Meredith Mahan, and Karthikeyan Ananthasubramaniam
Left ventricular assist devices complicated by gastrointestinal bleeding and outcomes on transplant., Lindsey Aurora, Omar Sadiq, H Nemeh, and Celeste Williams
Comparison of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia and connective tissue disease related interstitial lung disease by physiologic and functional testing parameters., S K. Avasarala, Sarah Gorgis, Mohammed Dabbagh, A Saeed, Chaun M. Gandolfo, N Garza, Jeffrey H. Jennings, and Krishna Thavarajah
One-year outcomes in patients with advanced liver fibrosis or compensated cirrhosis from chronic hepatitis C receiving kidney transplant alone., P Brown, F Kumssa, and Deepak Venkat
Presentation of MPO-ANCA positive microscopic polyangiitis with usual interstitial pneumonia., Aria Bryan, Abdul Kareem Uduman, S Gezahegne, and Krishna Thavarajah
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage associated with rsv infection and supratherapeutic warfarin therapy., T Bui and Junior Uduman
Admixture mapping of total serum IgE in African American subjects from CAAPA., M Daya, A Shetty, N M. Rafaels, V E. Ortega, E R. Bleecker, D A. Meyers, C Ober, Keoki L. Williams, M A. Taub, T H. Beaty, I Ruczinski, R A. Mathias, and K C. Barnes
Perioperative anticoagulant use for surgery evaluation (PAUSE) study: A perioperative management plan for patients with atrial fibrillation who are receiving a direct oral anticoagulant, J Douketis, A C. Spyropoulos, J M. Duncan, M Carrier, G Le Gal, A J. Tafur, T Vanassche, P Verhamme, S P. Shivakumar, P L. Gross, A Y Y Lee, E Yeo, S Solymoss, J Kassis, G Le Templier, S Kowalski, M Blostein, Vinay Shah, E MacKay, C M. Wu, N Clark, S M. Bates, F Spencer, E Arnaoutoglou, M Coppens, D M. Arnold, J A. Caprini, N Li, K Moffat, S Summer, and S Schulman
A case report of cruise-related leptospirosis, requiring a high level of suspicion for diagnosis., J Dueweke, Gina Maki, Amit Vahia, and Indira Brar
Accuracy of medication reconciliation: Does physician experience playarole?, Kathleen Estrada, D R. Henkin, and T M. Kohal
Strongyloidiasis related hyper-infection syndrome; rare disease with catastrophic outcome., Muhammad Farooq, Mohammed Dabbagh, and Junior Uduman
An old cause of hypercalcemia., J Gentile, Kajali Mishra, D R. Henkin, and Vinay Shah
Red cell distribution width to predict all-cause mortality in patients evaluated in the hospital for acute myocardial infarction., Edward Gildeh, Richard M. Nowak, S Allen, Gordon Jacobsen, and James McCord
Joint test of allelic dosage and local ancestry identifies INTS3 as new susceptibility gene for asthma among african american individuals., Hongsheng Gui, Albert M. Levin, Shujie Xiao, Maozhou Yang, J Yang, Samantha Hochstadt, Kyle Whitehouse, Alexis Carlton, Dean Rynkowski, David E. Lanfear, R Kumar, E G. Burchard, and Keoki L. Williams
A snowball effect; From an uncomplicated delivery to a rare case of septic ovarian vein thrombophelbitis complicated by ureteral obstruction and septic pulmonary emboli., Amal Hejab and Gina Hurst
Use of systemic steroids in management of a pregnant patient with ARDS., V Kothari, Nicholas Joseph, and Junior Uduman
One ruff kidney: A case of drug induced acute interstitial nephritis after a dog bite., A Lenhart, R Kaur, and Junior Uduman
Clinical outcomes of acute myocardial infarction cardiogenic shock: A contemporary single center experience., Sagger Mawri, B Basir, Paul Nona, Malav Parikh, Mohammad Alqarqaz, Mohammed Zaidan, Tiberio M. Frisoli, Gerald C. Koenig, Henry Kim, Marvin H. Eng, Akshay Khandelwal, Michele Voeltz, A Greenbaum, Khaldoon Alaswad, and William O'Neill
Predictors of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients undergoing elective transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt., Vivek Mendiratta, F Kumssa, and Deepak Venkat
Albumin and age as independent predictors of 1 year mortality in cirrhotic patients undergoing elective tips., Vivek Mendiratta, Kajali Mishra, H Adbulla, and Deepak Venkat
Delayed reaction to drugs often faces delayed diagnosis., Kajali Mishra and A Lenhart
Primary versus secondary autoimmune hemolytic anemia: A retrospective analysis of diagnostic patterns and treatment outcomes, Laurel Mueller, Hussna Abunafessa, Diego Cabrera-Fernandez, and Philip Kuriakose
Avoiding painful needles: A case report on diagnosing eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis., Vidhya Nair and Kajali Mishra
Rapid evaluation of acute myocardial infarction in a united states population using high sensitivity cardiac troponin T and a European society of cardiology 0/1-hour algorithm guideline., Richard M. Nowak, Chaun M. Gandolfo, Gordon Jacobsen, R Christenson, Michele Moyer, Michael Hudson, and James McCord
