Recovery of methamphetamine associated cardiomyopathy predicted by late gadolinium enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonanceJavier E Lopez
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95618, USA
J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 11:46. 2009
..CMR may be useful to predict recovery in toxin-associated non-ischemic cardiomyopathies...
Multiple cardiac papillary fibroelastoma and transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome in an elderly woman: case reportKhung Keong Yeo
University of Hawaii, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA
J Heart Valve Dis 14:137-9. 2005
..This syndrome may represent an unusual manifestation of transient cardiac ischemia. Whilst TLVABS has been mainly reported in Japanese patients, more recent studies have suggested that other populations might also be affected...
- Tachycardia-induced elevations in cardiac troponin in the absence of coronary artery disease
Khung Keong Yeo
John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Hawaii Med J 65:86-7. 2006
..Coronary angiography in all three patients did not demonstrate significant coronary artery disease. The finding of an elevated TNI level may be the result of tachycardia and not myocardial infarction related to ischemic heart disease...
- The association of methamphetamine use and cardiomyopathy in young patients
Khung Keong Yeo
Department of Medicine, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA
Am J Med 120:165-71. 2007
..The objective of this study is to demonstrate an association between methamphetamine use and cardiomyopathy...
A comparison of echocardiographic findings in young adults with cardiomyopathy: with and without a history of methamphetamine abuseHiroki Ito
Department of Medicine, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA hiroki
Clin Cardiol 32:E18-22. 2009
..Methamphetamine is currently the most widespread illegal stimulant abused in the United States. No previous reports comparing echocardiographic findings of cardiomyopathy with and without a history of methamphetamine abuse are available...
- The effect of posture on Cheyne-Stokes respirations and hemodynamics in patients with heart failure
Bruce A G Soll
Department of Medicine, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA
Sleep 32:1499-506. 2009
..The objective of this study was to assess the respiratory and hemodynamic response to sleeping angle in a group of subjects with stable heart failure...
- Valve replacement in endocarditis: setting limits in noncompliant intravenous drug abusers
Khung Keong Yeo
Department of Medicine, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai i, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Hawaii Med J 65:168, 170-1. 2006
..To avoid bedside rationing, we recommend the formulation of such a policy by nations and professional bodies...
- Procedural success and complications following percutaneous coronary interventions among Asians and Pacific Islanders
Khung Keong Yeo
Department of Medicine, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, USA
Clin Cardiol 28:429-32. 2005
..4%), Asians (7.1%), and PIs (4.3%). CONCLUSION: Although PIs and Asians have a substantially higher burden of comorbidities than Caucasians, race does not appear to influence PCI procedural success or procedure-related complications...
