2003
Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy: An Unusual Skin Condition Associated with Kidney Disease
Perazella MA, Ishibe S, Perazella MA, Reilly RF. Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy: An Unusual Skin Condition Associated with Kidney Disease. Seminars In Dialysis 2003, 16: 276-280. PMID: 12753692, DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-139x.2003.16053.x.BooksConceptsCommon patient complaintLong-term hemodialysisNephrogenic fibrosing dermopathyCorticosteroid therapyInflammatory cellsKidney diseasePatient complaintsMucin depositsSkin biopsiesSpindle cellsSkin disordersFibroblast-type cellsReticular dermisCollagen bundlesInternal organsIncreased numberHemodialysisPatientsSclerodermaDisordersCellsDysesthesiaPruritusBiopsyDysfunction
1996
Mechanical mitral valve prosthesis dysfunction from thrombus: transesophageal echocardiography has limitations.
Perazella M, Frederick W, Buller G, Widman S. Mechanical mitral valve prosthesis dysfunction from thrombus: transesophageal echocardiography has limitations. Connecticut Medicine 1996, 60: 75-7. PMID: 8820631.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitral prosthesisMechanical prosthetic heart valvesUseful clinical toolProsthetic heart valvesProsthesis dysfunctionCardiovascular lesionsTransesophageal echocardiographyDiagnostic modalitiesThrombusAtrial surfaceClinical toolHeart valvesUsual locationEchocardiographyProsthesisTEEPatientsTransthoracicDysfunctionLesionsTTE