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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 groundbreaking treatments. Drawing on a vast range of sources, from ancient manuscripts to cutting-edge journals, it presents a unique perspective on the role of case reports in medical education and practice of valvular heart disease and analogous cardiac morbidities including carcinoid heart disease with a rich coverage on heart valve bioprosthesis. 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-
- Provides a rich repository of diverse case reports in cardiology published by the editor and his colleagues over 61 years
- Features 65 clinical case studies related to Valvular Heart Disease 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 Memoriam
- Contents
- Preface
- About the Editor
- Introduction
- Case 8. Roberts WC, Rabson AS. Focal Glomerular Lesions in Fungal Endocarditis. Ann Intern Med. 1962;56(4):610β618
- Case 14. Levine RJ, Roberts WC, Morrow AG. Traumatic Aortic Regurgitation. Am J Cardiol. 1962;10(5):752β763
- Case 26. Friedman RM, Roberts WC. Myocardial EmbolusβA Complication of Mitral Valvulotomy. N Engl J Med. 1965;272(5):251β252
- Case 32. Roberts WC, Mason DT, Wright LD Jr. The Nondistensible Right Atrium of Carcinoid Disease of the Heart. Am J Clin Pathol. 1965;44(6):627β631
- Case 35. Berard CW, Roberts WC, Kahler RL. Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula and Rheumatic Cardiac Disease. Am Heart J. 1966;71(3):390β392
- Case 38. Brawley RK, Roberts WC, Morrow AG. Intestinal Infarction Resulting from Nonobstructive Mesenteric Arterial Insufficiency. With a Note on Hepatic Hypoglycemia as a Possible Aid in Diagnosis. Arch Surg. 1966;92(3):374β378
- Case 56. Roberts WC, Berard CVV, Braunwald NS. Roentgenogram of the Month. Dis Chest. 1967;51(4):439β440
- Case 65. Carpenter DF, Golden A, Roberts WC. Quadrivalvular Rheumatoid Heart Disease Associated with Left Bundle Branch Block. Am J Med. 1967;43(6):922β929.
- Case 78. Roberts WC, Kehoe JA, Carpenter DF, Golden A. Cardiac Valvular Lesions in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arch Intern Med. 1968;122(2):141β146
- Case 89. Glancy DL, Massumi RA, Roberts WC. Fatal Acute Rheumatic Fever in Childhood Despite Corticosteroid Therapy. A Note on the Spectrum of Childhood Rheumatic Fever. Am Heart J. 1969;77(4):534β537
- Case 97. Ewy GA, Lotz M, Geraghty M, Marcus FI, Roberts WC. Clinical Pathologic Conference. Am Heart J. 1969;78(2):259β265
- Case 114. Roberts WC, Levinson GE, Morrow AG. Lethal Ball Variance in the Starr-Edwards Prosthetic Mitral Valve. Arch Intern Med. 1970;126(3):517β521
- Case 156. Shepherd RL, Glancy DL, Stinson EB, Roberts WC. Hemodynamic Confirmation of Obstruction to Left Ventricular Inflow by a Caged-Ball Prosthetic Mitral Valve. Case Report. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1973;65(2):252β254
- Case 182. Roberts WC, Hollingsworth JF, Bulkley BH, Jaffe RB, Epstein SE, Stinson EB. Combined Mitral and Aortic Regurgitation in Ankylosing Spondylitis. Angiographic and Anatomic Features. Am J Med. 1974;56(2):237β243
- Case 231. Hammer WJ, Hearne MJ, Roberts WC. Cocking of a Poppet-Disc Prosthesis in the Aortic Position. A Cause of Intermittent Aortic Regurgitation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1976;71(2):259β261
- Case 243. McReynolds RA, Ali N, Cuadra M, Roberts WC. Combined Acute Rheumatic Fever and Congenitally Bicuspid Aortic Valve: A Hitherto Unconfirmed Combination. Chest. 1976;70(1):98β100
- Case 267. Arnett EN, Kastl DG, Garvin AJ, Roberts WC. Clinical Pathologic Conference: A Conversation on Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis. Am Heart J. 1977;93(4):511β517
- Case 274. Jones AA, Otis JB, Fletcher GF, Roberts WC. A Hitherto Undescribed Cause of Prosthetic Mitral Valve Obstruction. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1977;74(1):116β117
- Case 301. Breyer RH, Arnett EN, Spray TL, Roberts WC. Prosthetic-Valve Endocarditis Due to Listeria Monocytogenes. Am J Clin Pathol. 1978;69(2):186β187
- Case 369. Waller BF, Reis RL, McIntosh CL, Epstein SE, Roberts WC. Marfan Cardiovascular Disease Without the Marfan Syndrome. Fusiform Ascending Aortic Aneurysm with Aortic and Mitral Valve Regurgitation. Chest. 1980;77(4):533β540
- Case 402. Davis WA, Isner JM, Bracey AW, Roberts WC, Garagusi VF. Disseminated Petriellidium Boydii and Pacemaker Endocarditis. Am J Med. 1980;69(6):929β932
- Case 413. Ishihara T, Ferrans VJ, Jones M, Cabin HS, Roberts WC. Calcific Deposits Developing in a Bovine Pericardial Bioprosthetic Valve 3 Days After Implantation. Circulation. 1981;63(3):718β723
- Case 458. Borkon AM, McIntosh CL, Jones M, Roberts WC, Morrow AG. Inward Stent-Post Bending of a Porcine Bioprosthesis in the Mitral Position: Cause of Bioprosthetic Dysfunction. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1982;83(1):105β107
- Case 491. McManus BM, Katz NM, Blackbourne BD, Gottdiener JS, Wallace RB, Roberts WC. Acquired Cor Triatriatum (Left Ventricular False Aneurysm). Complication of Active Infective Endocarditis of the Aortic Valve with Ring Abscess Treated by Valve Replacement. Am Heart J. 1982;104(2 Pt 1):312β314
- Case 497. Waller BF, Kishel JC, Roberts WC. Severe Aortic Regurgitation from Systemic Hypertension. Chest. 1982;82(3):365β368
- Case 523. Roberts WC, Arnett EN, Aisner SC, Techlenberg P. Aortic Valve Stenosis and Left Ventricular Apical Aneurysm and/or Rupture. Real or Potential Complications of Persistent Left Ventricular Systolic Hypertension After Acute Myocardial Infarction. Am Heart J. 1983;105(3):513β514
- Case 531. Ferrans VJ, McManus B, Roberts WC. Cholesteryl Ester Crystals in A Porcine Aortic Valvular Bioprosthesis Implanted for Eight Years. Chest. 1983;83(4):698β701.
- Case 543. Silver MA, Orenburg PR, Roberts WC. Severe Mitral Regurgitation Immediately After Mitral Valve Replacement with a Parietal Pericardial Bovine Bioprosthesis. Am J Cardiol. 1983;52(1):218β219
- Case 633. Lester WM, Roberts WC. Fatal Bioprosthetic Regurgitation Immediately After Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Replacements with Ionescu-Shiley Bioprostheses. Am J Cardiol. 1985;55(5):590β592
- Case 724. Barbour DJ, McIntosh CL, Roberts WC. Extensive Calcification of a Bioprosthesis in the Tricuspid Valve Position and Minimal Calcification of a Simultaneously Implanted Bioprosthesis in the Mitral Valve Position. Am J Cardiol. 1987;59(1):179β180
- Case 788. Potkin BN, McIntosh CL, Cannon RO III, Roberts WC. Bioprostheses in Tricuspid and Mitral Valve Positions for 100 Months with Heavier Calcific Deposits on the Left-Sided Valve Followed by New Bioprostheses in Both Positions for 95 Months with Heavier Calcific Deposits on the Right-Sided Valve. Am J Cardiol. 1988;61(11):947β949
- Case 806. Mann JM, Roberts WC. βQuadricuspidizationβ of a Previously Three-Cuspid Aortic Valve. Am Heart J. 1988;116(3):889β890
- Case 811. Kalan JM, McIntosh CL, Bonow RO, Roberts WC. Development of Severe Stenosis in a Previously Purely Regurgitant, Congenitally Bicuspid Aortic Valve. Am J Cardiol. 1988;62(13):988β989
- Case 840. Dollar AL, Pierre-Louis M-L, McIntosh CL, Roberts WC. Extensive Multifocal Myocardial Infarcts from Cloth Emboli After Replacement of Mitral and Aortic Valves with Cloth-Covered, Caged-Ball Prostheses. Am J Cardiol. 1989;64(5):410β412
- Case 876. Roberts CS, Roberts WC. Huge, Unattached Left Atrial Thrombus in Mitral Stenosis. Clin Cardiol. 1990;13(4):295β297
- Case 898. Kragel AH, Lapa JA, Roberts WC. Cardiovascular Findings in Alkaptonuric Ochronosis. Am Heart J. 1990;120(6 Pt 1):1460β1463
- Case 903. Roberts WC, Dollar AL. Extreme Obstruction to Left Ventricular Outflow by a Bioprosthesis in the Mitral Valve Position. Am Heart J. 1991;121(2 Pt 1):607β608
- Case 919. Klues HG, Statler LS, Wallace RB, Roberts WC. Massive Calcification of a Porcine Bioprosthesis in the Aortic Valve Position and the Role of Calcium Supplements. Am Heart J. 1991;121(6 Pt 1):1829β1831
- Case 1167. Lander SR, Taylor JE, Roberts WC. Congenitally Bicuspid Stenotic Aortic Valves in Octogenarians. Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 1999;8(6):304β306
- Case 1306. Grayburn PA, Hamman BL, Roberts WC. Severe Late (16 Years) Dysfunction of a Bioprosthesis in the Mitral Valve Position Without Dysfunction of a Bioprosthesis in the Aortic Valve Position. Proc Bayl Univ Med Cent. 2004;17(2):214
- Case 1335. Farooq H, Grayburn P, Roberts WC. Severe Regurgitation Immediately After Replacement of a Dysfunctional Bioprosthesis in the Mitral Valve Position. Am J Cardiol. 2005;95(5):703β704
- Case 1357. Theleman KP, Grayburn PA, Roberts WC. Mitral βAnnularβ Calcium Forming a Complete Circle βOβ Causing Mitral Stenosis in Association with a Stenotic Congenitally Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Severe Coronary Artery Disease. Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 2006;15(1):58β61
- Case 1359. Sims JB, Roberts BJ, Roberts WC, Hebeler RF Jr, Grayburn PA. The Heaviest Known Operatively-Excised Aortic Valve. Am J Cardiol. 2006;97(4):588β589
- Case 1361. Peterman MA, Donsky MS, Matter GJ, Roberts WC. A Starr-Edwards Model 6120 Mechanical Prosthesis in the Mitral Valve Position for 38 Years. Am J Cardiol. 2006;97(5):756β758
- Case 1374. Roberts WC, Grayburn PA. Sudden Onset of βCardiacβ Symptoms, (?) Mild or Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis Involving a Congenitally Bicuspid Aortic Valve, and Nearly Normal Coronary Arteries in an Octogenarian. Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 2006;15(3):185β187
- Case 1390. Roberts WC, Ko JM, Matter GJ. Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement Without Coronary Bypass for Aortic Valve Stenosis Involving a Congenitally Bicuspid Aortic Valve in a Nonagenarian. Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 2006;15(6):389β391
- Case 1423. Roberts WC, Ko JM, Schussler JM. Sudden Collapse in Aortic Stenosis. Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 2007;16(5):319β320
- Case 1445. Gibbs WN, Hamman BL, Roberts WC, Schussler JM. Diagnosis of Congenital Unicuspid Aortic Valve by 64-Slice Cardiac Computed Tomography. Proc Bayl Univ Med Cent. 2008;21(2):139
- Case 1502. Roberts WC, Velasco CE, Ko JM, Matter GJ. Comparison of the Quantity of Calcific Deposits in Bovine Pericardial Bioprostheses in the Mitral and Aortic Valve Positions in the Same Patient Late After Double-Valve Replacement. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009;138(6):1448β1450
- Case 1506. Roberts WC, Ko JM, Schumacher JR, Henry AC III. Combined Mitral and Aortic Stenosis of Rheumatic Origin with Double-Valve Replacement in an Octogenarian. Int J Cardiol. 2010;140(1):e1βe3
- Case 1531. Roberts WC, Varughese CA, Ko JM, Grayburn PA, Hebeler RF Jr, Burton EC. Carcinoid Heart Disease Without the Carcinoid Syndrome but with Quadrivalvular Regurgitation and Unsuccessful Operative Intervention. Am J Cardiol. 2011;107(5):788β792
- Case 1559. Head SJ, Ko J, Singh R, Roberts WC, Mack MJ. 43.3-Year Durability of a Smeloff-Cutter Ball-Caged Mitral Valve. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011;91(2):606β608
- Case 1589. Roberts WC, Zafar S, Ko JM, Carry MM, Hebeler RF. Combined Congenitally Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Mitral Valve Prolapse Causing Pure Regurgitation. Proc Bayl Univ Med Cent. 2013;26(1):30β32
- Case 1611. Sarmast S, Schussler JM, Ko JM, Roberts WC. Infective Endocarditis Superimposed on a Massively Calcified Severely Stenotic Congenitally Bicuspid Aortic Valve. Proc Bayl Univ Med Cent. 2014;27(1):37β38
- Case 1636. Roberts CC, Parmar RJ, Grayburn PA, Patankar GR, Ko JM, Hamman BL, Roberts WC. Clues to Diagnosing Carcinoid Heart Disease as the Cause of Isolated Right-Sided Heart Failure. Am J Cardiol. 2014;114(10):1623β1626
- Case 1723. Fathima S, Hall SA, Grayburn PA, Roberts WC. The Mitral Valve 16 Months After Operative Insertion of the Alfieri Stitch. Am J Cardiol. 2019;123(4):695β696
- Case 1727. Thakkar SJ, Grayburn PA, Hall SA, Roberts WC. Orthotopic Heart Transplantation for Ankylosing Spondylitis Masquerading as Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol. 2019;123(10):1732β1735
- Case 1729. Roberts WC, Grayburn PA, Lander SR, Meyer DM, Hall SA. Effect of Progressive Left Ventricular Dilatation on Degree of Mitral Regurgitation Secondary to Mitral Valve Prolapse. Am J Cardiol. 2019;123(11):1887β1888
- Case 1733. Roberts WC, Lee AY, Lander SR, Roberts CS, Hamman BL. Libman-Sacks Endocarditis Involving a Bioprosthesis in the Aortic Valve Position in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Am J Cardiol. 2019;124(2):316β318
- Case 1735. Chalkley RA, Kim CW, Choi JW, Roberts WC, Schussler JM. Smeloff-Cutter Mechanical Prosthesis in the Aortic Position for 49 Years. Am J Cardiol. 2019;124(3):457β459
- Case 1740. Roberts WC, Siddiquiz S, Rafael-Yarihuaman AE, Roberts CS. Management of Adults with Normally Functioning Congenitally Bicuspid Aortic Valves and Dilated Ascending Aortas. Am J Cardiol. 2020;125(1):157β160
- Case 1753. Ather N, Roberts WC. Cardiovascular Ochronosis. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2020;48:107219
- Case 1760. Roberts WC, Kapoor D, Main ML. Virtually All Complications of Active Infective Endocarditis Occurring in a Single Patient. Am J Cardiol. 2020;137:127β129
- Case 1763. Sovic WR, Ngo Q, Patlolla S, Guileyardo JM, Roberts WC. Isolated Mitral Valve Endocarditis with Ring Abscess and Pericarditis in End-Stage Renal Disease. Proc Bayl Univ Med Cent. 2021; 34: 403β404
- Case 1780. Makhdumi M, Meyer DM, Roberts WC. Malignancy-Associated Non-Bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis Causing Aortic Regurgitation and Leading to Aortic Valve Replacement. Am J Cardiol. 2021;154:120β122
- Index