Exercise-induced Brugada pattern and ventricular tachycardia during Capecitabine treatment.

We report the case of a 59-year-old female patient with no previous cardiovascular disease treated for Breast cancer with Capecitabine. Shortly after starting treatment, she developed recurrent angina. An exercise stress echocardiogram was performed, which induced a type 1 Brugada pattern 12 s of a non-sustained pleomorphic ventricular tachycardia ensued.

Sex difference in clinical and procedural outcomes in patients undergoing coronary atherectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Rotational and orbital coronary atherectomy (CA) are commonly utilized to treat complex calcified coronary lesions. We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate sex differences in procedural complications and clinical outcomes after CA.

Methods: PubMed, Google Scholar, and Cochrane databases were searched for all studies comparing sex differences in procedural and clinical outcomes following CA.

Elevated troponin in patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding: prevalence, predictors and outcomes.

Cardiac troponin (cTn) can also be elevated in patients with non-cardiac illnesses. The utility of elevated cTn in patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding (AGIB) is unclear. We retrospectively identified all patients admitted with AGIB who had cTn ordered.

Time in therapeutic range of anticoagulation among patients with atrial fibrillation and cerebral amyloid angiopathy.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) and cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) present risks of ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Vitamin K antagonist use is associated with fluctuations in international normalized ratio (INR), which predispose to a higher bleeding risk. Patients with a diagnosis of AF and ICH while on a vitamin K antagonist were identified using the Rochester Epidemiology Project.