Cardiology
- What can I do when first-line measures are not enough for vasovagal syncope?
Second-line measures include midodrine, fludrocortisone, beta-blockers, and SSRIs, but evidence is limited.
- Do all hospital inpatients need cardiac telemetry?
Routine cardiac telemetry raises costs and does little.
- Which patients with pulmonary embolism need echocardiography?
The decision should be based on clinical presentation, burden of pulmonary embolism, and other imaging fi ndings.
- Renal vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
A man with membranous nephropathy presents with dyspnea, cough, and epigastric discomfort.
- Back pain as a sign of inferior vena cava filter complications
Complications can include filter movement, fracture, occlusion, and penetration.
- Perioperative cardiovascular medicine: 5 questions for 2018
Findings of recent studies regarding aspirin, troponin T, hypotension, patent foramen ovale, and recurrent stroke.
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (May 2018)
Readers comment on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (May 2018) and on hypoparathyroidism (March 2018).
- 2017 ACC/AHA hypertension guidelines: Toward tighter control
Under the new defi nition (≥ 130/80 mm Hg), 46% of US adults have hypertension.
- Bicuspid aortic valve: Basics and beyond
What further testing does this 34-year-old patient need? Can he play sports? Does his newborn son need evaluation?
- Transcatheter aortic valve replacement for bicuspid aortic valve stenosis
Surgery remains the standard of care, but transcatheter aortic valve replacement is an emerging, viable option for some.