Clinical profile, treatment patterns and one-year outcome of heart failure patients admitted in tertiary care hospital of North India.

Introduction: Because of wide heterogeneity in the epidemiology of heart failure among different populations, it is imperative to establish population-specific databases.

Aims And Objectives: To describe the clinical profile, treatment patterns, and outcomes of heart failure patients admitted to our tertiary care hospital.

Material And Methods: The study was a prospective observational study conducted over two years at our tertiary care hospital.

Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis, a Treatable Disorder Often Missed: Case Series of Three Patients Confirmed by Genetic Testing.

Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) is a treatable autosomal recessive disorder with varied clinical manifestations and age of onset and is often diagnosed late. We report three cases of CTX who presented at our center with clinical features of frequent diarrhea, early cataracts, xanthomas, cognitive decline, ataxia, neuropathy, and other manifestations of CTX. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain in all three patients revealed abnormalities consistent with CTX.

Miller Fisher syndrome associated with COVID 19.

Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS), is an acute peripheral neuropathy, a variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome, that develops following exposure to different viral, bacterial, and fungal pathogens. Patients usually present with a triad of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and areflexia. During Covid pandemic MFS has been described associated with novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).