Sudden Death Due to Thrombosis Associated with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Electrodes.

Unlabelled: Thrombosis associated with pacemaker leads is extremely rare, although the literature on this subject is scarce. A clinical case is reported, describing this condition and its clinical presentation, the complementary tests for establishing the diagnosis and the available therapeutic options.

Learning Points: Thrombosis associated with pacemaker leads is extremely rare.

Hospital admissions for bleeding events associated with treatment with apixaban, dabigatran and rivaroxaban.

Objectives: To analyse the hospital admissions for bleeding events associated with treatment with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). To describe the characteristics and outcomes of those patients.

Methods: A retrospective observational study was carried out in the framework of an integral risk management plan of drugs and proactive pharmacovigilance of hospital admissions for bleeding associated with apixaban, dabigatran and rivaroxaban from April 2015 through December 2016.

Constitutional Syndrome, Ascites and Duodenal Thickening Presenting as Groove Pancreatitis.

Unlabelled: Groove pancreatitis (GP) is a very infrequent subtype of chronic pancreatitis affecting the pancreatic-duodenal junction. It usually manifests in middle-aged men with a history of chronic alcoholism, though it has also been described in women and in individuals who do not consume alcohol. Even though the underlying etiology is unclear, chronic alcohol consumption is known to increase the viscosity of the pancreatic juice and exacerbate the inflammatory process.