Meeting
Abstract Number: 193
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Diastolic heart failure is an increasingly prevalent condition and has been shown in studies to be a prognostic indicator of future morbidity and all-cause mortality. Several interventions and novel therapeutic modalities have shown benefit in patients with diastolic heart failure with respect to improved mortality. Despite these studies, a comprehensive evaluation of outcomes and […]
Abstract Number: 510
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 39 year old male with a history of congenital bicuspid aortic valve and ascending aortic aneurysm repair (1 year prior) presented with recurrent bilateral lower extremity edema (LEE). He first presented with LEE 3 months post-surgery. Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) initially showed mild apical and inferior hypokinesis with a mildly dilated left atrium […]