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Fatal heart block from intentional yew tree (Taxus baccata) ingestion: a case report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org ...
Chan, Mark   +3 more
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A suicide attempt by ingestion of oleander leaves and treatment with digoxin-specific Fab antibody fragments

open access: yesArhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju, 2023
Natural cardiac glycosides have positive inotropic heart effects but at high, toxic doses they can cause life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. Here we present the first Croatian case of a 16-year-old girl who attempted suicide by eating dried oleander ...
Kovačević Tanja   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with an increased risk of heart block in hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
Recent studies suggested that nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with an increased risk of cardiac tachyarrhythmias (mainly atrial fibrillation) in patients with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus.
A. Mantovani   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A rare case of scrub typhus with complete heart block

open access: yesApollo Medicine, 2018
Scrub typhus is a tropical fever prevalent in South East Asia. It is a multisystem disease which can vary widely in clinical manifestations from mild generalized symptoms to multiorgan dysfunction syndrome.
Sharmili Sinha   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acquired heart block: A possible complication of patent ductus arteriosus in a preterm infant [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
A large patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a frequently encountered clinical problem in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants. It leads to an increased pulmonary blood flow and in a decreased or reversed diastolic flow in the systemic circulation ...
Andreas Holzinger   +14 more
core   +1 more source

Complete heart block in COVID-19 without prior cardiac disease

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022
Cardiac involvement in COVID-19 is not rare but underdiagnosed. We report a 78-year-old man with COVID-19 and complete heart block, timely managed by teamwork involving internist, cardiologist, and intensivist.
N P Kavya   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia ablation: Unusual function of slow pathway

open access: yesHeart Views, 2011
Slow pathway (SP) ablation is an acceptable, standard method for atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia (AVNRT) ablation. The exact role of SP in the human heart and the possible negative implications of SP ablation are unknown.
Ali Al-Sayegh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of repetitive electric cardiac stimulation in dogs with normal hearts, complete heart block and experimental cardiac arrest [PDF]

open access: yes, 1955
Direct cardiac stimulation was conducted in the open chest. In normal animals, auricular stimulation at frequencies faster than the spontaneous rate caused little change in vascular pressures or cardiac output.
GAERTNER, RA, STARZL, TE, WEBB, RC
core   +1 more source

A rare case of native mitral valve infective endocarditis presenting with complete heart block and intermittent atrial flutter

open access: yesJournal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2021
Mitral valve infective endocarditis, without aortic involvement, is a rare cause of complete heart block. It is thought that infections placed close to the conductive system of the heart may drive a conduction block. We found six cases in the literature,
Pravin Thomas   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anti-U1RNP-70kD-positive case of neonatal lupus presenting with seizure and incomplete heart block: a case report and literature review

open access: yesFrontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
Neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE) is an autoimmune disease caused by the transplacental passage of anti-Ro/SS-A and anti-La/SS-B. This can be less commonly seen with U1-ribonucleoprotein (U1RNP). Our patient is a 7-day-old male, who first presented with
Maryam Alfalasi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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