Dr. Eric Bates, JACC: Case Reports Deputy Editor, and Drs. Matthew Martinez and Mustafa Husaini interview Priscilla Frederick Loomis, track and field athlete who competed in the 2016 Olympic games and was diagnosed with COVID-19 with cardiovascular complications shortly before the 2020 Olympics. Ms. Loomis describes her journey and positive attitude through diagnosis and management.
JACC: Case Reports Editor-in-Chief Julia Grapsa, MD, PhD, FACC; Deputy Editor Mary Norine Walsh, MD, MACC; and Associate Editor David L. Fischman, MD, FACC, shared tips and tricks for writing a successful case report. The editors described the steps for applying appropriate structure to a manuscript and the keys to developing a successful submission for JACC: Case Reports.
Watch a journal club presentation and expert case discussion on a recently published novel case of acute afterload mismatch after transcatheter tricuspid valve repair in an 84-year-old woman with symptomatic severe functional tricuspid regurgitation.
Members of the JACC: Case Reports editorial board and the ACCF Chest Pain Guideline Writing Committee review and discuss clinical cases highlighting evidence-based approach to individuals presenting with chest pain. Learning objectives of the cases are to discuss appropriate/early follow-up of low-risk patient with chest pain discharged without additional testing; nuances in the evaluation of chest pain in women; evaluate appropriate use of risk scores for triaging patients with chest pain; and discuss non-ischemic life threatening causes of acute chest pain such as aortic dissection.