Posts by Pegah Khaloo, MD, MPH
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Mortality From Infective Endocarditis Related to Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices Declining in U.S.
In a nationwide study, researchers from the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center at Massachusetts General Hospital found in-hospital mortality from infective endocarditis related to cardiovascular implantable electronic devices decreased over a 15-year period, even though the number of comorbidities per patient increased.
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Cause of Myocardial Injury Affects Mortality Risk in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19
Jeremy N. Ruskin, MD, and colleagues found that high-sensitivity troponin T elevation from any cause is a strong predictor of mortality in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, but the odds ratio for patients with elevation due to a primary cardiac etiology was 4.6 compared with 2.7 for patients without.
Biography
Pegah Khaloo, MD, MPH, is a research fellow in the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center at Massachusetts General Hospital.