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About this book
From the earliest days of medicine to the present, case reports have been a critical aspect of clinical education and knowledge development. In this comprehensive volume, Dr. William C. Roberts, a renowned expert in the field, explores the rich history and ongoing importance of case reports in cardiology.
Through engaging and insightful analysis, the book demonstrates how case reports have provided physicians with crucial insights into rare diseases, complex conditions, and ground-breaking treatments. Drawing on a vast range of sources, from ancient manuscripts to cutting-edge journals, it offers a unique perspective on the role of case reports in medical education and practice of hyperlipidemia and coronary heart diseases and associated cardiovascular morbidities. It underscores how case reports can be used to enhance diagnostic accuracy, identify new treatment options, and promote innovation in the field. In addition, the book provides valuable insights into the process of writing and publishing case reports, including tips for young physicians looking to break into the field.
The book will be an indispensable guide to the history, practice, and ongoing significance of case reports for medical students, physicians, and researchers alike.
Key Features
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- Provides a rich repository of diverse case reports in cardiology published by the editor and his colleagues over 61 years
- Features 46 clinical case studies related to Coronary Heart Disease and Hyperlipidemia useful for medical students and practicing cardiologists
- Valuable resource for young physicians seeking to establish a foothold in medical research and academics
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- In Memorial
- Contents
- Preface
- About the Editor
- Introduction
- Case 62. Roberts WC, Morrow AG. Pseudoaneurysm of the Left Ventricle. An Unusual Sequel of Myocardial Infarction and Rupture of the Heart. Am J Med. 1967;43(4):639–644
- Case 128. Ferrans VJ, Buja LM, Roberts WC, Fredrickson DS. The Spleen in Type I Hyperlipoproteinemia. Histochemical, Biochemical, Microfluorometric and Electron Microscopic Observations. Am J Pathol. 1971;64(1):67–96
- Case 150. Falcone MW, Ronan JA Jr, Roberts WC. Silent Mitral Regurgitation Complicating Silent Myocardial Infarction: Hemodynamic and Morphologic Documentation. Chest. 1972;62(2):226–228
- Case 155. Ferrans VJ, Roberts WC, Levy RI, Fredrickson DS. Chylomicrons and the Formation of Foam Cells in Type I Hyperlipoproteinemia. A Morphologic Study. Am J Pathol. 1973;70(2):253–272
- Case 166. Nagel MR, Ronan JA Jr, Roberts WC. Left-to-Right Shunt at Atrial Level After Rupture of Papillary Muscle from Acute Myocardial Infarction. Am Heart J. 1973;86(1):112–116
- Case 181. Bulkley BH, Roberts WC. Isolated Coronary Arterial Dissection: A Complication of Cardiac Operations. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1974;67(1):148–151
- Case 212. Bulkley BH, Buja LM, Ferrans VJ, Bulkley GB, Roberts WC. Tuberous Xanthoma in Homozygous Type II Hyperlipoproteinemia. Histologic, Histochemical, and Electron Microscopical Study. Arch Pathol. 1975;99(6):293–300
- Case 223. Bulkley BH, Roberts WC. Heterografts as Aortocoronary Bypass Conduits in Human Beings. Am J Cardiol. 1975;36(6):823–828
- Case 226. Hammer WJ, Ferrans VJ, Roberts WC. Myocardial Embolus to Coronary Artery: Result of Rupture of Papillary Muscle During Acute Myocardial Infarction. Chest. 1975;68(6):843–844
- Case 350. Virmani R, Popovsky MA, Roberts WC. Thrombocytosis, Coronary Thrombosis and Acute Myocardial Infarction. Am J Med. 1979;67(3):498–506
- Case 361. Virmani R, Roberts WC. Disappearance of Symptomatic Coronary Heart Disease and Death from a Noncardiac Condition. Clinical Conference from the Pathology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda. Chest. 1980;77(1):91–93
- Case 415. Waller BF, Csere RS, Baker WP, Roberts WC. Running to Death. Chest. 1981;79(3):346–349
- Case 445. Roberts WC, Maron BJ. Sudden Death While Playing Professional Football. Am Heart J. 1981;102(6 Pt 1):1062–1063
- Case 478. Waller BF, Rubin RE, McGrath FJ, Del Negro AA, Roberts WC. Coronary Calcium—A Clue to Angiographic Underestimation of Coronary Luminal Narrowing. Am Heart J. 1982;103(6):1071
- Case 519. McManus BM, Goldberg SD, Triche TJ, Roberts WC. Elongate Thrombus Extending from Left Ventricular Apex to Outflow Tract: A Rare Complication of Myocardial Infarction Diagnosed by Two-Dimensional Echocardiography. Am Heart J. 1983;105(2):327–329
- Case 522. Saffitz JE, Rose TE, Oaks JB, Roberts WC. Coronary Arterial Rupture During Coronary Angioplasty. Am J Cardiol. 1983;51(5):902–904
- Case 552. Saffitz JE, Phillips ER, Temesy-Armos PN, Roberts WC. Thrombocytosis and Fatal Coronary Heart Disease. Am J Cardiol. 1983;52(5):651–652
- Case 634. Lester WM, Roberts WC. Illogical Use of Saphenous Veins for Aortocoronary Bypass Grafting. Am J Cardiol. 1985;55(5):596–597
- Case 640. Mas IJ, Barth CW III, Shutlk PK, Sheikh MU, Roberts WC. Occluding Clot in the Left Main Coronary Artery with Survival Long Enough to Develop Massive Left Ventricular Wall Necrosis. Am J Cardiol. 1985;55(9):1218–1220
- Case 641. Barbour DJ, Saulino PF, Roberts WC. Right Ventricular Infarction with Electrocardiographic Anterior Left Ventricular Infarction and Thrombosis of the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery. Am J Cardiol. 1985;55(9):1220–1221
- Case 652. Barbour DJ, Roberts WC. Additional Evidence for Relative Resistance to Atherosclerosis of the Internal Mammary Artery Compared to Saphenous Vein When Used to Increase Myocardial Blood Supply. Am J Cardiol. 1985;56(7):488
- Case 669. Roberts WC, Silver MA, Sapala JC. Intussusception of a Coronary Artery Associated with Sudden Death in a College Football Player. Am J Cardiol. 1986;57(1):179–180
- Case 733. Cohen JI, Arnett EN, Kolodny AL, Roberts WC. Cardiovascular Features of the Werner Syndrome. Am J Cardiol. 1987; 59(5):493–495
- Case 741. Mann JM, McIntosh CL, Roberts WC. Spasm of Saphenous Veins Used as Conduits for Aortocoronary Bypass Grafting. Am J Cardiol. 1987;59(9):1000–1002
- Case 761. Potkin BN, Myler RK, Motamed HE, Mann JM, Hendel JL, Sperling DC, Stertzer S, Roberts WC. Delayed Clinical Evidence of Coronary Arterial Disruption After Presumably Successful Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty for Angina Pectoris. Am J Cardiol. 1987;60(10):909–911
- Case 790. Potkin BN, Hoeg JM, Connor WE, Salen G, Quyyumi AA, Brush JE Jr, Roberts WC, Brewer HB Jr. Aneurysmal Coronary Artery Disease in Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis. Am J Cardiol. 1988;61(13):1150–1152
- Case 831. Kragel AH, McIntosh CM, Roberts WC. Morphologic Changes in Coronary Artery Seen Late After Endarterectomy. Am J Cardiol. 1989;63(11):757–759
- Case 873. Kragel AH, McIntosh CL, Roberts WC. Coronary Arterial Morphology 10 Years After “Endarterectomy.” Clin Cardiol. 1990;13(3):224–226
- Case 902. Kragel AH, Roberts WC. Composition of Atherosclerotic Plaques in the Coronary Arteries in Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia. Am Heart J. 1991;121(1 Pt 1): 210–211
- Case 953. Mautner SL, Sanchez JA, Rader DJ, Mautner GC, Ferrans VJ, Fredrickson DS, Brewer HB Jr, Roberts WC. The Heart in Tangier Disease. Severe Coronary Atherosclerosis with Near Absence of High-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol. Am J Clin Pathol. 1992;98(2):191–198
- Case 969. Mautner GC, Mautner SL, Lin F, Roggin GM, Roberts WC. Amounts of Coronary Arterial Luminal Narrowing and Composition of the Material Causing the Narrowing in Buerger’s Disease. Am J Cardiol. 1993;71(5):486–490
- Case 1106. Gottdiener JS, Roberts WC. Severe Mitral Regurgitation Late After Healing of Myocardial Infarction from Calcification of the Posteromedial Left Ventricular Papillary Muscle. Am J Cardiol. 1998;81(5):662
- Case 1146. Harandi S, Johnston SB, Wood RE, Roberts WC. Operative Therapy of Coronary Arterial Aneurysm. Am J Cardiol. 1999;83(8):1290–1293
- Case 1156. Schussler JM, Roberts WC. Senile Cardiac Calcification Syndrome. Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 1999;8(4):178–179
- Case 1157. Summers JH, Henry AC III, Roberts WC. Cardiac Observations Late After Operative Transmyocardial Laser “Revascularization”. Am J Cardiol. 1999;84(4):489–490, A10
- Case 1160. Pluennecke A, Stoler RC, Roberts WC. Chest Pain. Proc Bayl Univ Med Cent. 1999;12(4):305–308
- Case 1182. Roberts WC. Wide Open Coronary Arteries at 103 Years of Age. Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 2000;9(4):227
- Case 1230. Roberts WC, Yoon DHA. Massive Calcific Deposits in the Epicardial Coronary Arteries in the Absence of Calcific Deposits in the Aortic Valve Cusps and in the Mitral Valve Annulus. Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 2002;11(2):127–129
- Case 1284. Peterman MA, Roberts WC. Syndrome of Protein C Deficiency and Anterior Wall Acute Myocardial Infarction at a Young Age from a Single Coronary Occlusion with Otherwise Normal Coronary Arteries. Am J Cardiol. 2003;92(6):768–770
- Case 1315. Falcone MW, Grayburn PA, Roberts WC. Acute Myocardial Infarction at 25 Years of Age. Proc Bayl Univ Med Cent. 2004;17(3):363–365
- Case 1355. Glancy DL, Roberts WC. Angina Pectoris, Dyspnea, Fatigue, and Edema After a Non-ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarct. Proc Bayl Univ Med Cent. 2006;19(1):52–53
- Case 1395. Herrera AN, Roberts WC. A 105-Year-Old Heart. Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 2007;16(1):44–46
- Case 1406. Boltan DD, Lachar W, Khetan A, Bouffard J-P, Roberts WC. Fatal and Widespread Skeletal Myopathy Confirmed Morphologically Years After Initiation of Simvastatin Therapy. Am J Cardiol. 2007;99(8):1171–1176
- Case 1409. Roberts WC, Williams SL, Ko JM, Kuiper JJ. Fatal Cardiac Arrest in the Hospital During Transfer from Gurney to Operating Table for Planned Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Mitral Valve Repair. Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 2007;16(3):192–196
- Case 1690. Kondapalli N, Roberts WC. Coronary Arterial Aneurysms in Previously Transplanted (Donor) Hearts. Proc Bayl Univ Med Cent. 2017;30(3):303–304
- Case 1748. Roberts CS, Stoler RC, Roberts WC. The Case for Primary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Events from Study of a Single Patient. Am J Cardiol. 2020;125(9):1443–1445
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