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Complete heart block in COVID-19 without prior cardiac disease
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
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Amplatzer Septal Occluder-induced Transient Complete Atrioventricular Block
Percutaneous transcatheter atrial septal defect (ASD) closure is a widely used technique that has replaced open-heart surgical closure in many centers. The most common implant is the Amplatzer septal occluder which seems to be a highly effective and safe
Shan-Miao Lin +2 more
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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
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Background: Net atrioventricular compliance (Cn) can affect the accuracy of mitral valve area (MVA) assessment. We assessed how different methods of MVA assessment are affected by Cn, and if patients with abnormal Cn may be identified by clinical and/or ...
Tony Li +7 more
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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
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The implantation of cardiac pacing devices in children and young adults can be challenging and different from the adult population due to their smaller size, their longer life expectancy, and anatomical variations associated with congenital heart defects.
Harinder R Singh +2 more
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A 56-year-old man of Turkish descent presented with severe bradycardia (37 bpm) and hypotension (65/35 mm Hg) in the emergency room. A liver transplantation had been performed 8 months before because of cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis B. The patient was on a permanent regimen of tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, lamivudine, and adefovir dipivoxil ...
Philipp, Eller +4 more
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High-Grade Atrioventricular Nodal Block: An Unusual Presentation of COVID-19 Infection
While respiratory system disease, including pneumonia, remains the principal clinical presentation, several cardiovascular complications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) including myocardial infarction, myocarditis, and tachyarrhythmias were ...
Sadeq Tabatabai +3 more
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Introduction: Assessment of left ventricular (LV) systolic function is important in valvular heart disease. The global LV contractility index, dσ*/dtmax, is load-independent and has been reported to be associated with clinical outcomes in heart failure ...
Tony Li +13 more
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