Dibash Kumar Das, PhD

A high prevalence of injection drug use and related comorbidities was found in patients with Candida infective endocarditis.

Pediatric patients with AML may benefit from dexrazoxane as a cardioprotectant during first-line anthracycline therapy.

Acute decompensated heart failure in children is characterized by high burdens of comorbidities, mortality, and frequent readmission, especially among patients with underlying congenital heart disease.

Researchers evaluated the association between systemic sclerosis (SSc) and ischemic stroke, and determined risk factors for cerebrovascular accidents in SSc.

The management of patients hospitalized for novel coronavirus disease 2019 who develop an Acute COVID-19 Cardiovascular Syndrome should include surveillance and diagnostic strategies that balance potential patient risks and healthcare staff exposure with improvement in clinical outcomes.

The pathologic and clinical features of coronavirus disease 19 may be mechanistically linked to an increased risk for disseminated intravascular coagulation and propensity for diffuse alveolar hemorrhage.

An increase in hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction-rheumatoid arthritis was observed between 2002 and 2016, with rheumatoid arthritis found to be independently associated with lower in-hospital mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Individuals with novel coronavirus disease 2019 who have familial hypercholesterolemia may be at higher risk for cardiac complications and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the long-term.

Patients with chronic lower extremity artery disease treated with a more vs less intensive antithrombotic therapeutic regimen were found to be at lower risk for limb amputation, stroke, and revascularization.

A single-lead handheld electrocardiogram device was found to achieve reproducible measurements of QTc intervals, through the capture of multiple vectors.