Case Presentation: A 22-year-old man with recent diagnosis of COVID-19 after developing shortness of breath was admitted to our hospital on day 5 of symptoms with acute worsening of dyspnea and new onset chest pain. On admission, he was tachycardic to the 120s, febrile to 38.6°C and hypotensive with systolic pressures in the 80s. On [...]

Case Presentation: We present a 12-year-old female with paresthesia and swelling to the left lower extremity. She was seen in the outpatient setting two weeks prior and diagnosed with cellulitis. After only two days of antibiotics, she presented to the Emergency Department for worsening symptoms; she was noted to have a blue, cold, and swollen [...]

Case Presentation: Patient is a 29 year old female with no significant past medical history who presented to our hospital with an unintentional 60 pound weight loss over 3 months and 4 days of palpitations, shortness of breath, leg swelling, and orthopnea. Physical exam revealed 4+ pitting edema, tachycardia (130 beats/minutes) and jugular venous distention [...]

Background: ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) presents a healthcare burden in the United States. However, STEMI patients with COVID-19 have elevated in-hospital mortality. The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for COVID-19 patients with STEMI is debated. We aimed to compare hospitalized STEMI patients with and without COVID-19, using a national database to understand the impact [...]

Case Presentation: The patient is a 24-year-old female with Situs Inversus Totalis (SIT), obesity, Stage D non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDCM), history of out of hospital cardiac arrest (ventricular fibrillation arrest) with subsequent dual chamber implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) placement who was managed as an outpatient on home inotrope therapy as a bridge pending left ventricular assist [...]

Case Presentation: A 53-year-old Vietnamese monk living in a rural Texas monastery presented with fatigue, muscle aches, and fever that progressed to respiratory distress after a two-week delay in seeking care. He was intubated and sedated at a tertiary care center. He was afebrile, tachycardic (HR 122 bpm), and normotensive. Labs showed a leukocytosis (WBC [...]