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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410455
Management and Prognosis of Moderate Aortic Stenosis: When to Intervene?
Saulan Reyes, MD, Nicolás Veas, MD, Rodrigo Muñoz, MD, Martín Valdebenito, MD, Arturo Giacaman, MD, Dante Lindefjeld, MD and Pedro Llerena, MD
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: 2024/07/31
Moderate aortic stenosis (AS) presents challenges in its management and prognosis. Its diagnosis is based on hemodynamic parameters, but discordance in severity may require additional tests such as stress echocardiography or calcium scoring by computed tomography. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is useful for evaluating myocardial fibrosis, which is important in prognosis. Other echocardiographic markers, such as Global Longitudinal Strain (GLS) and diastolic dysfunction, also have prog...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410454
Sew What? Navigating the Intricacies of a Needle in the Eye
Daniel Magee, David Jamison, Hoà Đỗ, Hong Van Ngo, Lam Vinh Tran, Song Tuan Vu, Tay Van Tran, Tam Minh Nguyen, Huy Ngoc Tran, Truong Minh Le, Phuc Hoang Nguyen, Nhut Hong Vo, Bich Anh Tran, Khiem Thien Tran and Thiện Hoàng
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: 2024/07/31
A female in her 20s presents to the emergency eye clinic with a painful, red right eye (OD) with visual loss down to light perception following non-accidental penetrating trauma of an iron sewing needle two weeks prior to presentation. This is thought to be as a result of auditory hallucinations possibly from undiagnosed schizophrenia for a large proportion of her life. After extensive investigations, it was found that she had exogenous endophthalmitis from the foreign body which was treated wit...
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