Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis is the most common form of autoimmune encephalitis, presenting with various psychiatric manifestations, including behavioral and cognitive impairments, movement disorders, decreased consciousness, dysphasia, seizures, and autonomic dysfunction. Autonomic dysfunction may involve hyperthermia, apnea, hypotension, tachycardia, and life-threatening manifestations of sinus node dysfunction (SND), such as bradycardia, sinus pause or arrest, and asystole. The severity and significance of SND are critical, as it is not uncommon for these patients to progress into asystolic cardiac arrest, potentially contributing to morbidity and mortality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCardiomyopathy is defined as structural and functional myocardial abnormality not attributed to ischemic, valvular, hypertensive, or congenital cardiac causes. The main phenotypes of cardiomyopathy include hypertrophic, dilated, non-dilated left ventricular, restrictive, arrhythmogenic right ventricular, Takotsubo, and left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathies. A significant proportion of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) cases represents patients with genetic mutations, most commonly titin gene truncating variants (TTNtv).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aim: With the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), antiviral drug development has gained increased significance due to the high incidence and potentially severe complications of the resulting coronavirus infection. Heterocycle compounds, acting as antimetabolites of DNA and RNA monomers, rank among the most effective antiviral drugs. These compounds' antiviral effects on various SARS-CoV-2 isolates, as found in existing data collections, form the basis for further research.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLeft ventricular thrombus (LVT) has historically been reported as a complication of acute left ventricular (LV) myocardial infarction. It is most commonly observed in cases of LV systolic dysfunction attributed to ischemic or nonischemic etiologies. Conversely, the occurrence of LVT in normal LV systolic function is an exceptionally rare presentation and is predominantly associated with conditions such as hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES), cardiac amyloidosis, left ventricular noncompaction, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), hypercoagulability states, immune-mediated disorders, and malignancies.
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