M. Chadi Alraies, MD, FACP

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Do all hospital inpatients need cardiac telemetry?

Author:

Motaz Baibars, MD

Yasser Al-Khadra, MD

Zaher Fanari, MD

Homam Moussa Pacha, MD

Mohamad Soud, MD

M. Chadi Alraies, MD, FACP

Routine cardiac telemetry raises costs and does little.

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How soon should patients with infective endocarditis be referred for valve surgery?

Author:

Mohamad Soud, MD

Homam Moussa Pacha, MD

M. Chadi Alraies, MD, FACP

Refer sooner rather than later if the patient has heart failure, uncontrolled infection, or embolic risk.

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Can patients opt to turn off implantable cardioverter-defibrillators near the end of life?

Author:

M. Motaz Baibars, MD, FACP

M. Chadi Alraies, MD, FACP

Amjad Kabach, MD

Marc Pritzker, MD, FACC

Yes, it is reasonable to consider deactivation near the end of life if the patient or family wishes.

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When does pericarditis merit a workup for autoimmune or inflammatory disease?

Author:

M. Chadi Alraies, MD, FACP

M. Motaz Baibars, MD, FACP

Allan L. Klein, MD

Further evaluation is required for recurrent pericarditis resistant to conventional therapy or for manifestations of systemic disease.

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A serious complication of a common stress test

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M. Chadi Alraies, MD, FACP

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Is hemoglobin A_1c an accurate measure of glycemic control in all diabetic patients?

Author:

Fateh Bazerbachi, MD

Shaban Nazarian, MD

Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP

M. Chadi Alraies, MD, FACP

Regard its values with suspicion, especially when they do not agree with the patient’s blood glucose levels.

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Deep T waves and chest pain

Author:

M. Chadi Alraies, MD, FACP

Wael Aljaroudi, MD

Usman Ayub Khan, MBBS

Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP

After 3 hours of chest pain, a 67-year-old man presented with deep symmetric T-wave inversions in the precordial leads, a prognostically...

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