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Transient high-grade heart block in a syncopal child with a normal outpatient cardiac evaluation [PDF]

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Heart block is an uncommon but serious cause of syncope in pediatric patients, and though autoimmune and infectious processes are often the cause, a rare subset of patients experience idiopathic childhood atrioventricular block.
Michael He, Vanessa Ogueri, Elizabeth Sherwin, Charles Berul   +3 more
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Transient complete heart block during early ambulation associated with thoracic epidural bupivacaine infusion in the intensive care unit: a case report [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine
BackgroundThoracic epidural analgesia is widely used for postoperative pain control and is generally considered safe. Rare but serious cardiovascular complications related to neuraxial sympathetic blockade have been reported.Case summaryWe describe a ...
Harshkumar B. Patel, Harshkumar B. Patel, Jason Ho, Andrew M. Blakely, Daniel S. Chertow, Daniel S. Chertow, Daniel S. Chertow   +6 more
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Aspirin Therapy, Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia—A Review

Future Pharmacology, 2023
Background: Dementia is associated with a greater burden of cardiovascular risk factors. There is a significant vascular contribution to dementia, and aspirin may play a role in targeting this vascular dysregulation via its anti-inflammatory and ...
Elizabeth H. Thong, Edward C. Y. Lee, Choi-Ying Yun, Tony Y. W. Li, Ching-Hui Sia   +4 more
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Prevalence and incidence of cognitive impairment and dementia in heart failure – A systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology, 2022
Introduction: The burden of cognitive impairment in heart failure (HF) patients is significant and leads to longer hospital stay, higher readmission rates, and increased mortality.
Nicole Li Xian Yap, Qianyi Kor, Yao Neng Teo, Yao Hao Teo, Nicholas L. Syn, Lauren Kay Mance Evangelista, Benjamin YQ. Tan, Weiqin Lin, Leonard LL. Yeo, William KF. Kong, Yao Feng Chong, Raymond CC. Wong, Kian Keong Poh, Tiong-Cheng Yeo, Vijay Kumar Sharma, Ping Chai, Mark Y. Chan, Fang Qin Goh, Ching-Hui Sia   +18 more
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Enhanced Thrombin Generation Is Associated with Worse Left Ventricular Scarring after ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Cohort Study

Pharmaceuticals, 2022
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is associated with heightened thrombin generation. There are limited data relating to thrombin generation and left ventricular (LV) scarring and LV dilatation in post-MI LV remodeling.
Ching-Hui Sia, Sock-Hwee Tan, Siew-Pang Chan, Stephanie Marchesseau, Hui-Wen Sim, Leonardo Carvalho, Ruth Chen, Nor Hanim Mohd Amin, Alan Yean-Yip Fong, Arthur Mark Richards, Christina Yip, Mark Y. Chan   +11 more
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Does pulmonary artery pulsatility index predict mortality in pulmonary arterial hypertension?

ESC Heart Failure, 2021
Aims Pulmonary artery pulsatility index (PAPi), defined as [(pulmonary artery systolic pressure − diastolic pulmonary artery pressure)/mean right atrial pressure], is a novel haemodynamic index that predicts right ventricular failure after myocardial ...
Yinghao Lim, Ting‐Ting Low, Siew Pang Chan, Weiqin Lin, Ting Wei Teo, Jin‐Hao Justin Jang, Ivandito Kuntjoro, Edgar Lik‐Wui Tay, James Wei‐Luen Yip   +8 more
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Thyrotoxicosis with Heart Block [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2001
Thyrotoxicosis commonly causes sinus tachycardia. The development of heart block, though rare, is important to recognize.
F, Osman, J, Ayuk, J, Dale, J A, Franklyn, M D, Gammage   +4 more
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Outcome of Antibody‐Mediated Fetal Heart Disease With Standardized Anti‐Inflammatory Transplacental Treatment

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2022
Background Transplacental fetal treatment of immune‐mediated fetal heart disease, including third‐degree atrioventricular block (AVB III) and endocardial fibroelastosis, is controversial.
Wadi Mawad, Lisa Hornberger, Bettina Cuneo, Marie‐Josée Raboisson, Anita J. Moon‐Grady, Jane Lougheed, Karim Diab, Julia Parkman, Earl Silverman, Edgar Jaeggi   +9 more
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Cardiac involvement in myotonic dystrophy [PDF]

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2015
Background: Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is an inherited progressive muscle disorder caused by defects in muscle proteins. As the incidence of this condition is low, not many are familiar with the multisystem involvement. At times, cardiac disease may even be
Koroush Khalighi, Archana Kodali, Suman B. Thapamagar, Stanley R. Walker   +3 more
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CONGENITAL HEART BLOCK [PDF]

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1921
Congenital heart block is very rare. Its discovery before birth with electrocardiographic proof on the fourth day after birth is unique. Recently, Carter and Howland 1 reviewed eight cases of congenital heart block proven by graphic records, seven recorded in the literature and one of their own.
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