Tricuspid valve malfunction and ventricular pacemaker lead: case report and review of the literatureSaid B Iskandar
Department of Cardiology, East Tennessee State University, James H Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, TN 37604, USA
Echocardiography 23:692-7. 2006
..We present a patient diagnosed with severe TR, years after his pacemaker implantation. His TR was thought to be caused by adhesion of the tricuspid valve to his pacemaker lead...
- Electrocardiographic abnormalities and endocrine diseases--part b: hypothyroidism and other thyroid diseases
Said B Iskandar
Cardiology Department, Halifax Heart Center South Boston, VA 24592, USA
Tenn Med 100:41-2. 2007
- Electrocardiographic abnormalities and endocrine diseases--part c: parathyroid, hypothalamus and pituitary glands
Said B Iskandar
Cardiology Department, Halifax Heart Center, South Boston, VA, USA
Tenn Med 100:43-4. 2007
- Electrocardiographic abnormalities and endocrine diseases--part a: hyperthyroidism
Said B Iskandar
Cardiology Department, Halifax Heart Center South Boston, VA 24592, USA
Tenn Med 100:47, 50. 2007
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- Drug modified arrhythmia: what's your diagnosis?
Said B Iskandar
Division of Cardiology, James H Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, USA
Tenn Med 99:37-8. 2006
- Electrocardiographic abnormalities and endocrine diseases--part D: adrenal gland, diabetes, and other endocrine disorders
Said B Iskandar
Cardiology Department, Halifax Heart Center South Boston, VA, USA
Tenn Med 101:35-6, 41. 2008
- ST segment elevation in lead aVR: what to expect from this orphan?
Said B Iskandar
Cardiology Department, Halifax Heart Center, South Boston, VA 24592, USA
Tenn Med 101:33-6. 2008
..We will present a patient who had an ST segment elevation in this lead. We will review the current data about this finding, as well as the significance of ST segment elevation in other leads...
- Uncommon cause of a common disease
Said B Iskandar
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, TN, USA
South Med J 96:828-31. 2003
..We present the case of a patient with chest pain and electrocardiographic changes suggestive of ACS who was later found to have AHC...
- Methadone and torsade de pointes: case report and review of the literature
Said B Iskandar
Division of Cardiology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, USA
Tenn Med 100:35-7, 42. 2007
..Previous literature, as well as the mechanism and risk factors, will be reviewed in this article. Recommendations will be given as to when an ECG is preferably to be performed...
- Alveolar hemorrhage: an underdiagnosed complication of treatment with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors
Said B Iskandar
Division of Cardiology, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee 37604, USA
J Interv Cardiol 19:356-63. 2006
..Here, we performed a large-scale retrospective analysis to define the incidence and risk factors of AH in the setting of GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors therapy...
- Idiopathic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia with normal QT interval in a structurally normal heart
Bassam K Mechleb
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, James H Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, James H Quillen VAMC, Johnson City, TN, USA
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 29:791-6. 2006
..We also review the literature on the electrocardiographic characteristics and management of idiopathic PVT...
- Mitral valve prolapse: relationship of echocardiography characteristics to natural history
Bassam K Mechleb
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen VAMC, Tennessee 37684, USA
Echocardiography 23:434-7. 2006
- Amiodarone-induced alveolar hemorrhage
Said B Iskandar
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, TN 37684, USA
South Med J 99:383-7. 2006
..On the other hand, amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity resulting in alveolar hemorrhage is rare. The authors report a patient with amiodarone-induced alveolar hemorrhage and review the literature...
- Tricuspid valve involvement in carcinoid disease
Bernard Abi-Saleh
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology at East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA
Echocardiography 24:439-42. 2007
- Treating amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis with radioactive iodine
Said B Iskandar
Department of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, USA
Tenn Med 97:408-10. 2004
..We report a satisfactory outcome in a patient with AIT using radioactive iodine. The role of radioactive iodine in treating AIT is reviewed..
- Atrial flutter and myotonic dystrophy in a male adolescent treated with radiofrequency catheter ablation
Ahmad Halawa
Division of Cardiology, James H Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA
Rev Cardiovasc Med 8:118-22. 2007
..The patient had been diagnosed with MD at birth. He had an impaired ejection fraction of 38% to 45%. The patient described sharp chest pain in the retrosternal area, with no radiation, that was induced by exercise...
- Desquamative interstitial pneumonia and hepatitis C virus infection: a rare association
Said B Iskandar
The Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, TN 37684-4000, USA
South Med J 97:890-3. 2004
..In our experience, the use of steroids in HCV-associated DIP improved the patient's respiratory status without increasing the viral load...
- Severe mitral stenosis with atypical presentation: hemorrhagic pleural effusion--a case report and literature review
Kais A Albalbissi
Department of Internal Medicine, James H Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA
Tenn Med 102:47-50. 2009
..We will discuss the independent risk factors for thromboembolism in the setting of mitral stenosis. Finally, a review of the current recommendation for anticoagulation is conferred...
Cardiac amyloidosis responding to bortezomib: case report and review of literatureEdriss Charaf
Division of Cardiology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA
Curr Cardiol Rev 5:228-36. 2009
..We describe and discuss the mechanisms of action of Bortezomib and provide a detailed review of cardiac amyloidosis, from pathophysiology to diagnosis and treatment...
- Thyrotropin-secreting pituitary tumor and Hashimoto's disease: a novel association
Said B Iskandar
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, Johnson City, TN 37604-1709, USA
South Med J 96:933-6. 2003
..There is a possibility that TSH elevation related to Hashimoto's disease might have contributed to the development of a TSH-secreting pituitary adenoma...
- Myocardial injury during standard treatment of an adult with status asthmaticus
Said B Iskandar
The Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, Tennessee, USA 37684-4000, USA
J Asthma 41:337-42. 2004
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- Tako-tsubo syndrome as a consequence of transient ischemic attack
Bernard Abi-Saleh
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA
Rev Cardiovasc Med 7:37-41. 2006
..Several reports of tako-tsubo syndrome or transient left ventricular apical ballooning have been described, especially in Japan. We present a case with the typical features of the syndrome after a cerebrovascular accident...
- Streptococcus intermedius: an unusual cause of a primary empyema
Said B Iskandar
James H Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, TN 37684-4000, USA
Tenn Med 99:37-9. 2006
..Relatively few studies have investigated primary empyema caused Streptococcus intermedius. This case presentation serves as a reminder to the clinician about primary empyema caused by this micro-organism...
- Right-sided heart thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism
Said B Iskandar
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, USA
Tenn Med 97:34-6. 2004
..She responded well to thrombolytics and low molecular weight heparin with resolution of symptoms and improvement of echocardiographic abnormalities...
- Plasmapheresis as an adjuvant therapy for hypertriglyceridemia-induced pancreatitis
Said B Iskandar
Department of Internal Medicine, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA
Am J Med Sci 328:290-4. 2004
..Experiences with plasmapheresis are limited. We report a case of hypertriglyceridemic necrotizing pancreatitis with mildly elevated amylase and lipase, treated successfully with plasmapheresis...
- Intercostal artery aneurysm complicating aortic coarctation in a 71-year-old-woman
Said B Iskandar
Department of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, USA
Tenn Med 96:269-70. 2003
..To our knowledge this is the first case report of aortic coarctation complicated by intercostal aneurysm at this age group...
- Fever-induced ST-segment elevation with a Brugada syndrome type electrocardiogram
Sumit Kalra
Ann Intern Med 148:82-4. 2008
C-reactive protein: the harbinger of cardiovascular diseasesBernard Abi-Saleh
Department of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA
South Med J 101:525-33. 2008
..Discussed in this review is the latest literature about this marker and its association with cardiovascular disease, as well as the latest therapeutic options available...
