Nazim Uddin Azam Khan, Joseph D Babb, Sheetal Kaul, J Mark Williams, Michael J Miller
{"title":"A novel complication of bariatric surgery.","authors":"Nazim Uddin Azam Khan, Joseph D Babb, Sheetal Kaul, J Mark Williams, Michael J Miller","doi":"10.15420/ahhj.2009.7.1.69","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2009.7.1.69","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The incidence of obesity in the US is increasing. This has been associated with an increasing incidence and prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea. Diet alone has generally been ineffective in attaining significant weight loss. Bariatric surgery is associated with significant weight loss and improvement in diabetes, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea. In this article we describe an unusual complication of bariatric surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":87149,"journal":{"name":"The American heart hospital journal","volume":"7 1","pages":"69-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28391049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The return of The American Heart Hospital Journal (AHHJ).","authors":"Sylvan Lee Weinberg","doi":"10.15420/ahhj.2009.7.1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2009.7.1.7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":87149,"journal":{"name":"The American heart hospital journal","volume":"7 1","pages":"7-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28391050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Charles A Bush, Craig McMillen, Bba, Richard Davis
{"title":"The Ohio State University Richard M Ross Heart Hospital--proof of concept--five years of growth and development.","authors":"Charles A Bush, Craig McMillen, Bba, Richard Davis","doi":"10.15420/ahhj.2009.7.1.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2009.7.1.21","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":87149,"journal":{"name":"The American heart hospital journal","volume":"7 1","pages":"21-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28469618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A A Fisher, S L Goh, W Srikusalankul, E N Southcott, M W Davis
{"title":"Serum leptin levels in older patients with hip fracture--impact on peri-operative myocardial injury.","authors":"A A Fisher, S L Goh, W Srikusalankul, E N Southcott, M W Davis","doi":"10.15420/ahhj.2009.7.1.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2009.7.1.9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To evaluate whether there is a relationship between admission serum leptin concentrations and peri-operative myocardial injury, 238 consecutive older patients (mean age 81.9+/-7.9 years; 172 women) with low-trauma hip fracture were assessed. Myocardial injury as defined by elevated serum cardiac troponin I was associated with lower leptin levels analyzed as continuous or categorical variables. Patients with serum leptin concentrations <12ng/ml (medium value) had a two-fold greater increased risk for such complications compared with those with higher leptin levels (odd ratio 2.13, 95% confidence interval 1.06-4.28; p=0.033). This association remained significant after adjustments for age, gender, clinical (history of coronary artery disease [CAD], stroke, hypertension, diabetes, dementia), hematological (red, white, and lymphocyte count, hemoglobin, hematocrit), metabolic (parathyroid hormone [PTH], albumin), renal(creatinine, urea, glomerular filtration rate [GFR]), and inflammatory (C-reactive protein [CRP], ferritin) factors. The predictive value of lower leptin levels increased significantly when used in combination with traditional risk factors for myocardial injury.</p>","PeriodicalId":87149,"journal":{"name":"The American heart hospital journal","volume":"7 1","pages":"9-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28391051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jaffar Ali Raza, Nazim Uddin Azam Khan, Jamal S Mustafa, Assad Movahed
{"title":"ST segment elevation during adenosine pharmacological stress testing in a patient with coronary artery disease.","authors":"Jaffar Ali Raza, Nazim Uddin Azam Khan, Jamal S Mustafa, Assad Movahed","doi":"10.15420/ahhj.2009.7.2.122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2009.7.2.122","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":87149,"journal":{"name":"The American heart hospital journal","volume":"7 2","pages":"E122-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3898530/pdf/nihms535961.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28890765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cardiogenic shock from left ventricular dysfunction complicating an acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction.","authors":"Cheuk-Kit Wong, Harvey D White","doi":"10.15420/ahhj.2009.7.1.33","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2009.7.1.33","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cardiogenic shock from left ventricular dysfunction complicating an acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction is associated with high mortality. Much of the current understanding of the importance of emergency revascularization comes from the SHOCK trial. Mortality benefits combined with improved quality of life among the survivors justify the routine use of emergency revascularization in patients <75 years of age and in selected patients >or=75 years of age. This article discusses the SHOCK trial and potential mechanisms of benefit from revascularization as well as more recent information. Adjunctive therapies have been disappointing. To further improve outcomes, earlier pre-emptive and preventive strategies to ensure early revascularization should be pursued.</p>","PeriodicalId":87149,"journal":{"name":"The American heart hospital journal","volume":"7 1","pages":"33-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28391040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Logistical barriers to career development in academic cardiovascular multimodality imaging-challenges for future mentors.","authors":"Alex J Auseon","doi":"10.15420/ahhj.2009.7.2.99","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2009.7.2.99","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To define the practical logistics involved in the training, maintenance of technical proficiency, credentialing, and board certification for academic multimodality cardiovascular imaging specialists.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Trends in cardiovascular imaging reflect a new paradigm emphasizing expertise in all four major modalities. In order to become a faculty member responsible for educating fellows-in-training, academic imagers face a daunting process with a shortage of senior mentors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Detailed information describing fellowship training, the aggregate monthly volume of publications, credentialing, continuing medical education requirements, and board certification were obtained for each subspecialty area of cardiovascular medicine from various online sources.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared with other subspecialty areas of cardiovascular medicine, multimodality imaging requires more reading (44% more pages of publications), more continuing medical education hours (300-467% more), and additional board certification (three boards instead of one or two).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Achieving competency in multimodality imaging is difficult and expensive in 2009, but still possible. To advance the career development of current academic faculty in this area, future emphasis should be on streamlining training, accreditation, and board certification requirements while focusing on research proving the value of integrated imaging in cardiovascular disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":87149,"journal":{"name":"The American heart hospital journal","volume":"7 2","pages":"E99-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28890229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computed tomography for coronary anatomy and perfusion-guiding therapy in a patient with an occluded left anterior descending coronary artery.","authors":"David J Nicholson, Edward L Passen, Samuel Wann","doi":"10.15420/ahhj.2009.7.2.110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15420/ahhj.2009.7.2.110","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":87149,"journal":{"name":"The American heart hospital journal","volume":"7 2","pages":"E110-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"28890762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}