Pain Manag
December 2024
Clin Case Rep
September 2024
Several electrocardiographic alterations due to hypokalemia have been described, but the electrocardiographic presentation meeting criteria for occlusion of the left main coronary artery is very rare. We describe a case of hypokalemia simulating it.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKey Clinical Message: Heart failure due to ANCA-negative vasculitis, is a rare potentially life-threatening manifestation of ANCA vasculitis. Therefore, physicians must always pay attention to this manifestation for proper disease diagnosis and treatment.
Abstract: Less than 10% of primary vasculitides cause cardiac dysfunction, with Takayasu's arteritis, polyarteritis nodosa, and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis being the most common cases.
Clin Case Rep
November 2022
Calcineurin inhibitors have become a pillar of immunosuppressive treatment in solid organ transplant recipients. Several case reports have shown hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathy as an adverse effect to tacrolimus therapy. We present the case of a kidney transplant recipient woman who developed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy due to tacrolimus therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLeft ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) cardiomyopathy is an uncommon unclassified or genetic myocardial disorder. Frequent premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) as unique finding in LVNC cardiomyopathy are rare. We report a case of a 36-year-old woman in whom isolated LVNC was diagnosed due to an incidental finding of PVCs in pre-operative consultation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report the case of a patient who was initially presented with ischemic priapism to the emergency department. He was treated with adrenaline intracavernous injections and aspiration with irrigation of the corpora cavernosa and distal shunt. In the postoperative period, anemia, basophilia, eosinophilia, thrombocytosis and hyperleukocytosis were detected.
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