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Hand-carried Echocardiography by Hospitalists: A Randomized Trial
Lucas B, Candotti C, Margeta B, Mba B, Kumapley R, Asmar A, Franco-Sadud R, Baru J, Acob C, Borkowsky S, Evans A. Hand-carried Echocardiography by Hospitalists: A Randomized Trial. The American Journal Of Medicine 2011, 124: 766-774. PMID: 21663885, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.03.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayHand-carried echocardiographyStandard echocardiographyUsual careDiagnostic accuracyGeneral medicine inpatientsGeneral medicine patientsMain outcome measuresPatient outcome dataFavorable diagnostic accuracyHospitalist careHospital dischargeMedicine inpatientsSecondary outcomesHeart failureMedicine patientsSubgroup analysisTeaching hospitalHospitalist serviceOutcome measuresEchocardiographyOutcome dataStayCare qualityCare informationDiagnostic Accuracy Retrospectively of Electrocardiographic Findings and Cancer History for Tamponade in Patients Determined to Have Pericardial Effusion by Transthoracic Echocardiogram
Mathur A, Saini A, Lucas B, AlYousef T, Margeta B, Mba B. Diagnostic Accuracy Retrospectively of Electrocardiographic Findings and Cancer History for Tamponade in Patients Determined to Have Pericardial Effusion by Transthoracic Echocardiogram. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2013, 111: 1062-1066. PMID: 23351462, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.11.064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLarge pericardial effusionPericardial effusionElectrocardiographic findingsElectrocardiography findingsTransthoracic echocardiogramTransthoracic echocardiographyUnique patientsCancer historyMedical recordsBlinded investigatorTamponadeComputed tomographyEffusionPatientsFrontline providersElectrical alternansDiagnostic elementsCancerTachycardiaOddsCombined presenceDiscriminatory powerFindingsEchocardiogramEchocardiography
2020
Double valve involvement: papillary fibroelastoma in a patient with severe mitral and aortic valve regurgitation.
Ajiboye O, Racoma J, Hussain K, Mba B. Double valve involvement: papillary fibroelastoma in a patient with severe mitral and aortic valve regurgitation. BMJ Case Reports 2020, 13: e234828. PMID: 32675116, PMCID: PMC7368505, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-234828.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAortic valve regurgitationValve regurgitationPapillary fibroelastomaSevere mitralValve replacementDouble valve replacementCardiac papillary fibroelastomaSevere regurgitationTransthoracic echocardiographyEmbolic phenomenaInfective endocarditisClinical manifestationsPulmonary vasculatureIncidental findingBenign neoplasmsMobile massRegurgitationFibroelastomaPatientsMitralEndocarditisEchocardiographySequelaeNeoplasmsLesions