Meeting
Abstract Number: 130
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has become the main treatment for symptomatic severe aortic stenosis but patients on dialysis have been excluded from major randomized controlled trials. Our aim was to compare outcomes after TAVI of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on dialysis versus those without. Methods: EMBASE and MEDLINE were searched through […]
Abstract Number: 688
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: The patient is an 83-year-old female with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and carcinoid tumor with metastasis to the liver. Two months after her oncologic diagnosis, she presented to the hospital for severe dyspnea and palpitations. Her dyspnea had been progressively worsening for six months; the palpitations were associated with exertion and resolved with rest. Her […]