2021
Acute on chronic severe aortic insufficiency due to rheumatoid arthritis-associated valvulitis.
Ivy K, Egbuche O, Gill S, Mezue K, Nwokike S, Ram P, Abe T, Onuorah I, Echols M. Acute on chronic severe aortic insufficiency due to rheumatoid arthritis-associated valvulitis. Am J Cardiovasc Dis 2021, 11: 404-409. PMID: 34322311, PMCID: PMC8303038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute heart failureAortic insufficiencyLeaflet destructionChronic severe aortic insufficiencyCases of acute heart failureAortic valve destructionProgressive aortic insufficiencySymptomatic aortic insufficiencyAortic valve involvementRheumatoid arthritisSevere aortic insufficiencyComplication of rheumatoid arthritisPersistent systemic inflammationPersistent chronic inflammationSevere valvular regurgitationInflammation of RAValve involvementValve destructionValve replacementClinical presentationLeaflet fibrosisClinical predictorsRare caseDegree of severityAortic valve
2020
Transvenous Retrieval of a Pulmonary Artery Catheter Knot Around Pacing Leads: A Case Report
Egbuche O, Nwagbara K, Mezue K, Abe T, Nwokike S. Transvenous Retrieval of a Pulmonary Artery Catheter Knot Around Pacing Leads: A Case Report. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine 2020, 28: 144-146. PMID: 33077395, DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2020.09.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary artery catheter insertionPulmonary artery catheterInsertion of pulmonary artery cathetersCardiac resynchronization therapyCatheter knottingBlind insertionSevere left ventricular systolic dysfunctionDilated right heart chambersPulmonary artery catheter knottingLeft ventricular systolic dysfunctionManagement of acute heart failureVentricular systolic dysfunctionArtery catheter insertionAcute heart failureRight heart chambersCardiac resynchronization devicesSystolic dysfunctionResynchronization therapyFluoroscopy-guided insertionDilated cardiomyopathyCatheter insertionArtery catheterHeart failureHemodynamic managementResynchronization devices