Rare case of fishbone-penetrated heart causing Staphylococcus aureus infection in a 51-year-old man Medha Baranwal27 July 2023 8:00 PM ISTChina: A recent case study published in European Heart Journal describes a rare case where a swallowed fishbone which was nearly an inch long, pierced...
Rare Case of colchicine toxicity Presenting With Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A report Medha Baranwal12 July 2023 9:30 AM ISTUSA: A recent article published in Cureus reports the case of colchicine toxicity with concomitant euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in a man...
Researchers successfully perform ostial right coronary artery CTO recanalization using rotational atherectomy in subintimal space Medha Baranwal15 Jun 2023 9:45 AM ISTUSA: There has always been a controversy about performing atherectomy in the subintimal space. In a recent case study published in Cardiovascular...
Rare Case of Wellens syndrome progressing from type A to classic type B Wellens pattern: A report Medha Baranwal12 Jun 2023 8:00 PM ISTUSA: A recent case study published in Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine describes a case of Wellens syndrome that initially presented with...
Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis can be reversed, opening new possibilities for more effective treatment options Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli9 Jun 2023 8:00 PM ISTUK: A new study, published as a letter in The New England Journal of Medicine, reports on three men, aged 68, 76 and 82, who were diagnosed with...
PET imaging shows an uncommon case of thermal burns from repetitive ICD shocks: Case report Medha Baranwal26 May 2023 9:00 AM ISTUSA: A recent case study published in HeartRhythm Case Reports has described an uncommon case of thermal burn from multiple shocks resulting from...
Pulmonary oedema relatively little known hazard associated with open water swimming: BMJ Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli20 Jan 2023 10:45 AM ISTUK: Based on their treatment of a woman with immersion pulmonary oedema (IPE), the doctors have warned that pulmonary oedema or fluid on the lungs is...
Rare case of developing pleural, pericardial effusion and anasarca with low-dose oral minoxidil: A report Medha Baranwal21 Nov 2022 8:00 PM ISTSouth Africa: A recent case report published in JAAD Case Reports, reports the case of an African woman with frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) in whom...
Rare case of VCS syndrome 6 years after central venous catheter removal reported in a patient on hemodialysis Medha Baranwal7 Sept 2022 8:00 PM ISTNetherlands: Researchers from the Netherlands have stressed the importance that vena cava superior (VCS) syndrome can occur late following the removal...
Panhypopituitarism mimicking symptoms of heart attack: A case report Medha Baranwal21 Jun 2022 7:00 AM ISTJapan: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a fatal disease, the authors however suggest that clinicians must not discount panhypopituitarism as it may...
Surgical and Ablative Procedures for Varicose Veins Dr. Paresh Pai25 March 2022 9:15 AM ISTCase capsule:Brief history: A 30-year-old man, Mr. Ankit, presented to the surgery OPD with dilated and tortuous superficial veins in his right leg...
First Successful Porcine Heart Transplant in Human - A monumental Milestone in Transplant History MD Bureau18 Jan 2022 9:15 AM ISTXenotransplantation was first attempted in the 1980s but was largely abandoned after the renowned case of Stephanie Fae Beauclair (known as Baby Fae)...
