Kim A. Eagle

TL;DR: The clinical characteristics, imaging features, and outcomes in women with pregnancy-related acute aortic dissection, comprising data from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD) from 1998 to 2018, were examined.

TL;DR: It is concluded that intermediate-risk preoperative patients are best managed by an approach that emphasizes the following points: intermediate- risk patients should be identified and risk stratified using a clinical tool (eg, the Revised Cardiac Risk Index); noninvasive cardiac testing should be reserved for those patients with multiple clinical predictors of risk or the presence of other modifying factors.

TL;DR: Among middle school children, RHR appears to be associated with physiologic parameters and health behaviors, and may be useful for identifying children at increased risk for developing CV risk factors.

TL;DR: A 32-year-old man with a history of asthma and “crack” cocaine use presented to the emergency department after an episode of syncope, describing him as “foaming at the mouth” and having involuntary trembling of his arms and legs.

TL;DR: The National Institutes of Health-funded, multicenter National Registry of Genetically Triggered Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Cardiovascular Conditions (GenTAC) is used to characterize the contemporary surgical treatment of patients with genetically triggered TAAs.