Hartford Hospital

Decreasing Ghost Scanning in Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Impact of a Visual Prompt to Save Images.

BACKGROUND: Ghost scanning, performance of point-of-care ultrasound without image archival, can adversely affect patient care, billing, quality assurance, and result in medicolegal concerns. This study evaluated the Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (eFAST) gh...

Concomitant orthotopic heart transplantation and repair of left partial anomalous pulmonary venous return

We report the technique of concomitant heart transplantation and repair of left partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR). The patient was a 64-year-old male with a past medical history significant for non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy and a ventricular septal defect. He devel...

Intracranial Phosphaturic Mesenchymal Tumor Mimicking Meningioma and Causing Tumor-Induced Osteomalacia: A Case Report

Abstract A 32-year-old woman presented with a two-year history of progressive bone pain, proximal muscle weakness, worsening ambulation, and bilateral hip insufficiency fractures without preceding trauma. Laboratory evaluation revealed severe hypophosphatemia (1.1 mg/dL), elevate...

Aficamten for Symptomatic Nonobstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

BACKGROUND: Nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a common condition that is associated with substantial morbidity and no proven medical therapy. Whether treatment with aficamten, a cardiac myosin inhibitor, can benefit patients with this condition is unknown. METHO...

P1.015. A Potential Option for Blown-Out Myotomy After Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy

Abstract Topic Benign Disease: Esophageal Function and Motility Case Submission A 52 year old female with an extensive medical history including left lower limb dystrophy and a complex pain problem for which she is wheelchair bound, received several neurostimulators and had a hig...

Weight and Glycemic Outcomes Following GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Therapy in People Living with HIV: A Retrospective Study at a Bronx Hospital

Background/Objectives: People living with HIV (PLWH) who undergo prolonged antiretroviral therapy (ART) may experience weight gain as a potential side effect. Many of these individuals are prescribed glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists (RAs), or dual GLP-1 and gluco...