Cardiology

When are vasoactive agents indicated in acute heart failure?

Author:: Prashant Vaishnava, MD; Sylvia C. McKean, MD; Anju Nohria, MD; Kenneth L. Baughman, MD

Case A 72-year-old retired nurse with known nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy with an ejection fraction of approximately 20% and status-post...

A 58-year-old male with a past medical history significant for hypertension and hypercholesterolemia presents four hours after acute onset of...

Pneumomediastinum and pericardial effusion in a 40-year-old male with anorexia nervosa

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A case study of acute decompensated heart failure.

A hospitalist in Texas fulfills her dream to direct an in patient hospice unit

Author:: Cate Ranheim, MD; Scott Mead, MD; Randall McVean, MD; Robert Hoffman

C. Difficile Update Loo VG, Poirier L, Miller MA, et al. A Predominantly clonal multi-institutional outbreak of Clostridium difficile-...