Browsing by Author "Movahed, Assad"
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Cardiac amyloidosis: A case report and review of literature
Taiwo, Adeyemi Adedamola; Alapati, Lavanya; Movahed, Assad (2019-03-26)BACKGROUND Cardiac amyloidosis, a disease caused by the precipitation of amyloid proteins in the myocardial extracellular matrix has been historically difficult to diagnose due to lack of specific clinical manifestations ... -
Coronary Artery Calcium Scores: Current Thinking and Clinical Applications
George, Anil; Movahed, Assad (East Carolina University, 2008-09)Most incident coronary disease occurs in previously asymptomatic individuals who were considered to be at a lower risk by traditional screening methods. There is a definite advantage if these individuals could be reclassified ... -
Dehiscence and embolization of CorMatrix tricuspid valve replacement in the setting of infective endocarditis: A case report
Tomdio, Anna N.; Moey, Melissa Y. Y.; Siddiqui, Irfan; Movahed, Assad (2018-07-31) -
Dehiscence and embolization of CorMatrix tricuspid valve replacement in the setting of infective endocarditis: a case report
Tomdio, Anna N.; Moey, Melissa Y.Y.; Siddiqui, Irfan; Movahed, Assad (2018-01-31)Background: Due to increased morbidity and mortality, prosthetic valve infective endocarditis (IE) with dehiscence requires urgent intervention. Early identification and therapy may prevent embolization. Case summary: A ... -
Elusive left ventricular thrombus: Diagnostic role of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging-A case report and review of the literature
Siddiqui, Irfan; Nguyen, Tin; Movahed, Assad; Kabirdas, Deepa (2018-06-16)Identification of left ventricular mural thrombus (LVT) may be challenging depending on the imaging modality used. We present a case of LVT which was incidentally identified on cine cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR). ...