Chest
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A 30-year-old transgender woman who was HIV positive presented to the ED with progressive severe dyspnea and hemoptysis that started 1 day earlier. The patient was undergoing antiretroviral therapy with emtricitabine-rilpivirine-tenofovir with good compliance and feminizing hormone therapy with cyproterone acetate. She was otherwise healthy and was not taking any other medications.
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The short- and long-term prognosis of Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) presenting with right ventricular (RV) involvement remains poorly understood. ⋯ ClinicalTrials.gov; No.: NCT04361994; URL: www.clinicaltrials.gov.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
A Pilot Randomized Trial of Transdermal Nicotine for Pulmonary Sarcoidosis.
Tobacco smoking is associated with a reduced risk of developing sarcoidosis, and we previously reported that nicotine normalizes immune responses to environmental antigens in patients with active pulmonary sarcoidosis. The effects of nicotine on the progression of pulmonary sarcoidosis are unknown. ⋯ ClinicalTrials.gov; No.: NCT02265874; URL: www.clinicaltrials.gov.