Substance Abuse and the Heart
Substance Abuse and the Heart Janet Ma Isac C. Thomas INTRODUCTION Substance abuse is a growing public health concern. In 2017, an estimated 271 million individuals worldwide abused a substance,…
Cardiac Manifestations of Systemic Diseases
Cardiac Manifestations of Systemic Diseases Toniya Singh Ijeoma Isiadinso Gina P. Lundberg Nidhi Madan INTRODUCTION The cardiovascular (CV) system is a common target for systemic diseases. Effects can range from…
Elderly and Heart Disease
Elderly and Heart Disease Madhan Shanmugasundaram Toshinobu Kazui INTRODUCTION Heart disease is common in the elderly, and health care providers are often met with unique therapeutic challenges in this group….
Women and Heart Disease
Women and Heart Disease Kelly Paschke Dipti Itchhaporia INTRODUCTION Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death in the United States and accounts for one in five deaths in…
Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Benjamin S. Hendrickson Marc V. Lee Jennifer DeSalvo Elisa A. Bradley INTRODUCTION Surgical and medical advances have touched fewer fields more profoundly than congenital heart disease…
Pregnancy and Heart Disease
Pregnancy and Heart Disease Alice Chan Ayesha Salahuddin Diana Wolfe Ali N. Zaidi INTRODUCTION Cardiac disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in pregnant women.1 An increased prevalence…
Pericardial Disease
Pericardial Disease Yaquta Kaka Brent C. Lampert INTRODUCTION The pericardium is the site of many cardiac diseases that display classic physical examination signs and symptoms, imaging findings, and hemodynamic changes….
Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Hypertension Saurabh Rajpal Jeremy Slivnick William H. Marshall V Zachary Garrett INTRODUCTION Rapid growth in understanding the pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension (PH) and introduction of new medications in the…
Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction
Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction Shuktika Nandkeolyar Dmitry Abramov Helme Silvet Purvi Parwani INTRODUCTION Epidemiology The prevalence of patients with prosthetic heart valves (PHVs) is growing quickly. With the advent of transcatheter…
Infective Endocarditis
Infective Endocarditis Jeffrey A. Dixson Jeffrey Gaca Todd L. Kiefer INTRODUCTION Since its early descriptions by Osler in 1885, infective endocarditis (IE) has been recognized as a “vexing” problem, challenging…
