Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy: Getting to the heart of the matter

Septic Cardiomyopathy: Getting to the Heart of the Matter.

Getting to the heart of the matter.

A 60-year-old woman returned from visiting a cousin in Texas. For the past 6 weeks, she had not been feeling well and had lost almost 30 lb. She had frequent night sweats, although she did not recall having taken her temperature. Upon evaluation in the emergency department, results of physical examination were notable for cachexia and poor dentition. She was noted to have pyuria, and therapy wa...

Getting to the Heart of the Matter

Clinical proteomics involves the analysis of protein expression of disease proteomes, with the aim of solving a specific clinical problem. Discoveries made from proteomicbased studies contribute to the growing need for innovative medical diagnostics for disease detection. Taking into consideration the global health burden of cardiac disease, clinical proteomics is a valuable tool to improve ris...

Getting to the Heart of the Matter

The heart is a sophisticated organ that continuously pumps blood to ensure that oxygen and nutrients reach the brain, other organs, and peripheral tissue. The right side of the heart pumps blood to the lungs, where oxygen is taken up and carbon dioxide is removed. The left side of the heart then pumps blood to the rest of the body, where oxygen and nutrients are delivered to tissues. This cycle...

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and 5-Fluorouracil: Getting to the Heart of the Matter

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a rare but increasingly recognized phenomenon, which can occur as a side-effect of chemotherapeutic agents, in particular, the antimetabolite 5-fluorouracil. We describe a case of delayed Takotsubo cardiomyopathy after 3 weeks of adjuvant 5-fluorouracil for resected rectal adenocarcinoma in a 66-year-old female, supported by angiographic, electrocardiographic, and ec...