Sloane McGraw
University of Illinois at Chicago
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Circulation | 2014
Vikram Brahmanandam; Sloane McGraw; Omer Mirza; Ankit A. Desai; Afshin Farzaneh-Far
A previously fit 52-year-old man presented with severe progressive exertional dyspnea. He was in heart-failure with an elevated jugular-venous-pressure, edema, and increased plasma-NTpro-BNP levels of 4285 μg/mL (upper limit of normal <900 μg/mL). His ECG demonstrated sinus-rhythm with low limb and chest lead voltages (Figure 1). He had significant proteinuria with renal and bone marrow biopsies confirming light-chain amyloidosis. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging revealed concentric left-ventricular hypertrophy with an ejection fraction of 65%, left-ventricular end-diastolic volume of 146 mL, left-ventricular end-systolic volume of 51 mL, left-ventricular mass of 245 g, and left-atrial volume of 144 …
Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology | 2011
Sloane McGraw; Jigisha P. Thakkar; Divyesh Mehta
We present a case of adenocarcinoma of colon with unusual metastasis to inguinal lymph nodes. Our patient is a young male with bilateral inguinal lymphadenopathy, bone pains, and jaundice who presented as carcinoma of unknown primary. He was diagnosed as widely metastatic adenocarcinoma of colon for which he received chemotherapy and has had a good response to the treatment.
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance | 2016
Sloane McGraw; Omer Mirza; Vibhav Rangarajan; Satish J Chacko; Michael A Bauml; Afshin Farzaneh-Far
Background Stress cardiac-magnetic-resonance (CMR) imaging can provide important diagnostic and prognostic information in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. However, given the rising costs of imaging, there is increasing pressure to provide evidence for direct additive impact on clinical care. Appropriate use criteria (AUC) have been developed by professional organizations as a response to rising costs, with the goal of optimizing test-patient selection. Consequently, the AUC are now increasingly used by third-party-payers to assess reimbursement. However, these criteria were created by expert consensus with limited systematic validation. The aim of this study was to determine whether the AUC can predict rates of active change in clinical care resulting from stress CMR.
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine | 2015
Sloane McGraw; Ali A. Sovari; Omer Mirza; Afshin Farzaneh-Far
A 42-year-old policeman with no prior medical problems presented with a several-month history of intermittent palpitations without syncope. His electrocardiogram showed sinus rhythm with prominent precordial T-wave inversions. Echocardiography was suboptimal due to poor acoustic windows. Cardiac–magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated the classic spade-shaped left-ventricular cavity of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Figure 1 and supplementary video). Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy predominantly involving the left ventricular apex. 1 It is most common in Japan but also seen in western populations. Apical thrombus, left-ventricular non-compaction and endomyocardial fibrosis may create a similar echocardiographic appearance, which can be distinguished from apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using cardiac–magnetic resonance imaging. 2,3 Patients are typically male and present in middle age with symptoms of palpitations, chest pain or dyspnea. Although autosomal-dominant inheritance has been reported in a few families, the condition is usually sporadic. 4 The electrocardiogram typically shows pronounced precordial T-wave inversions. Sudden cardiac death from ventricular arrhythmia has been described, and prophylactic defibrillator implantation is occasionally performed. However, the prognosis is generally more benign than other types of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. 5
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine | 2015
Sloane McGraw; Laura Tarter; Afshin Farzaneh-Far
A 27-year-old woman was found to have a small pulsatile swelling in the left side of her neck on routine physical examination. Her exam was otherwise notable for asymmetric arm pulses and blood pressures (left = 155/70, right = 85/40). Auscultation revealed bilateral systolic neck bruits and an early diastolic decrescendo-murmur heard loudest over the lower left sternal edge. Her echocardiogram showed moderate-to-severe aortic regurgitation with preserved ventricular size and function (Figure …
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance | 2015
Sloane McGraw; Omer Mirza; Michael A Bauml; Vibhav Rangarajan; Afshin Farzaneh-Far
Background Stress-CMR provides important diagnostic and prognostic information in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. However, in the current fiscal environment, use of a newer imaging modality like stress-CMR requires evidence for direct additive impact on clinical management. Appropriate use criteria (AUC) have recently been developed to provide guidance to physicians and payers regarding the appropriateness of this test in various clinical scenarios. However, these criteria were created by expert consensus and have never been systematically validated. The aims of this study were 1) to evaluate the impact of stress-CMR on clinical management; and 2) to determine the relationship of the AUC with active clinical impact.
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance | 2015
Sloane McGraw; Omer Mirza; Michael A Bauml; Vibhav Rangarajan; Afshin Farzaneh-Far
American Journal of Cardiology | 2016
Sloane McGraw; Simone Romano; Jennifer Jue; Michael A Bauml; Jaehoon Chung; Afshin Farzaneh-Far
Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2016
Sloane McGraw; Omer Mirza; Michael A Bauml; Vibhav Rangarajan; Afshin Farzaneh-Far
Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2014
Sloane McGraw; Michael A Bauml; Afshin Farzaneh-Far