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Not What It Looks Like
Not What It Looks Like: A Transient Cardiomyopathy Significant cardiac signs and symptoms developed in a young patient undergoing treatment for a severe infection. The 23-year-old man presented with a...
View ArticleMisconceptions and Facts About Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (video)
There are many misconceptions about cardiomyopathy. For example, it is thought that people with cardiomyopathy are destined to die young. In this interview, Dr. Joseph S. Alpert, editor-in-chief of...
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy as a Cause of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young:...
Sudden cardiac death is often linked with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in young athletes, but with a divergence of study results. We performed a meta-analysis to compare the prevalence of sudden...
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Power Failure: Acromegalic Cardiomyopathy
(A) The patient had bossing and macroglossia. (B) Swelling of the soft tissue, along with growth of the bone, cartilage, and muscle, produced enlargement of the hands. (C) The patient’s shoe, size 19,...
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Demographics and Epidemiology of Sudden Deaths in Young Competitive Athletes...
Sudden deaths in young, seemingly healthy competitive athletes are tragic events, often with wide media coverage and high public visibility. There is substantial interest in establishing the cause...
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Demographics and Epidemiology of Sudden Deaths in Young Athletes
Sudden deaths in young competitive athletes are tragic events, with high public visibility. The importance of race and gender with respect to sport and the diagnosis and causes of sudden death in...
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Achieving Extended Longevity and Quality of Life for Senior Patients With...
Historical figures in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Left: Mr. Claude Brady, the first patient identified clinically with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at age 22 years, is now 80 years of age. Right: Dr....
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Elevated High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Is Associated with Hyponatremia...
Density plots comparing high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) at baseline in Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) participants who developed hyponatremia (red) during the study...
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Importance of Genetic Testing in the Diagnosis of Transthyretin Cardiac...
To the Editor: Systemic amyloidosis results from extracellular deposition of fibrillar material derived from aggregation of precursor proteins into insoluble beta-pleated sheets. The most frequently...
View ArticleMisconceptions and Facts About Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (video)
There are many misconceptions about cardiomyopathy. For example, it is thought that people with cardiomyopathy are destined to die young. In this interview, Dr. Joseph S. Alpert, editor-in-chief of The...
View ArticleHypertrophic Cardiomyopathy as a Cause of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young:...
Sudden cardiac death is often linked with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in young athletes, but with a divergence of study results. We performed a meta-analysis to compare the prevalence of sudden cardiac...
View ArticlePower Failure: Acromegalic Cardiomyopathy
Presentation During his college years, the patient, at 6 ft, 8 in and 280 lb, aroused the attention of professional basketball scouts. But exertional fatigue and shortness of breath truncated his...
View ArticleDemographics and Epidemiology of Sudden Deaths in Young Competitive Athletes...
Sudden deaths in young, seemingly healthy competitive athletes are tragic events, often with wide media coverage and high public visibility. There is substantial interest in establishing the cause of...
View ArticleDemographics and Epidemiology of Sudden Deaths in Young Athletes
Sudden deaths in young competitive athletes are tragic events, with high public visibility. The importance of race and gender with respect to sport and the diagnosis and causes of sudden death in...
View ArticleAchieving Extended Longevity and Quality of Life for Senior Patients With...
To read this article in its entirety please visit our website. – This article originally appeared in the November 2017 issue of The American Journal of Medicine.
View ArticleElevated High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Is Associated with Hyponatremia...
Recently, the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) showed that intensive lowering of systolic blood pressure is beneficial, but is associated with more adverse events. Hyponatremia was...
View ArticleImportance of Genetic Testing in the Diagnosis of Transthyretin Cardiac...
To the Editor: Systemic amyloidosis results from extracellular deposition of fibrillar material derived from aggregation of precursor proteins into insoluble beta-pleated sheets. The most frequently...
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