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I.聽 Mechanical Problems Require Mechanical Solutions: Collaboration across Sites 鈥� Fixing the Left Heart to Save the Right

Jack Rudski, MD, C.M., PGY-2,聽 Internal Medicine, 麻豆AV

Educational Objectives

1. To review some causes and consequences of right heart failure
2. To discuss options and efficacy of percutaneous valve-in-valve therapy and discuss a case where this was employed successfully
3. To foster collaboration and expertise-sharing between sites

II.聽 Cauda Equina Syndrome in a Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus & Secondary Central Nervous System Lymphoma

Mohammed Redha, MD, C.M., PGY-2,聽 Internal Medicine, 麻豆AV

Educational Objectives: 聽

1. Secondary central nervous system lymphoma (SCNSL) is an uncommon presentation in diffuse large B鈥怌ell lymphoma (DLBCL).
2. Patients with a CD4 count below 200 and neurological symptoms warrant a gadolinium鈥恊nhanced MRI scan.
3. R鈥怌HOP chemotherapy and high dose methotrexate have been shown to have mortality benefit with SCNSL.