Cardiology
Clinical Review
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: Diagnosis
The diagnosis of HIT is determined by combining clinical and serologic assessments. The 4Ts scoring strategy to determine the patient's...
Clinical Review
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: Presentation and History
HIT should be suspected in any patient whose history shows heparin use within the previous two weeks (even if the drug has been discontinued).
Clinical Review
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is an immune-mediated drug reaction to anticoagulant therapy that requires prompt detection and treatment to...
Video
Is same-day discharge after PCI safe?
Clinical Review
Delta NT-proBNP: Better Marker of Neuroendocrine Pathways Blockade in Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure?
Congestive heart failure (CHF) constitutes a major disorder affecting a large number of patients within the U.S. and its territories.
Article
Cardiovascular Disease Is a Risk Factor for Hip Fracture; Does Frailty Protect Against Cancer?; Choosing the Best Catheter for the Patient
Over the past 30 years, the incidence of fracture has steadily risen among patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI), but has not risen...
Patient Information
Understanding Heart Failure
Heart failure may sound like the heart stops working, but actually it means the heart is having trouble working optimally. The heart's job is to...
Commentary
Cardiac Surgery—State-of-the-Heart Review
February is Heart Month, and I am honored to provide commentary regarding cardiac surgery past, present, and maybe even the future, depending on...
Commentary
A Generation of Progress in Endocrinology, Especially Cardiovascular Endocrinology
So much has happened in the field of endocrinology over the past 30 years that it is truly a challenge to know where to begin.
Article
Evaluation of the Conversion of the Brand Equivalent of Warfarin to Its Generic
Warfarin, a vitamin-K antagonist, exerts its anticoagulant effects by inhibiting the production of vitamin K-dependent clotting factors.(1)...