Publications by authors named "Shahbano Baloch"

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an autosomal dominant disorder leading to left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction. It can present with chest pain, syncope, breathlessness, or it may cause sudden cardiac death in some cases. The echocardiography in most cases while cardiac CT or cardiac MRI in selected cases are the important diagnostic modalities to make the diagnosis of HCM.

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Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a rare inherited disorder, which is characterized by fibrofatty degeneration of cardiac muscles mainly in the right ventricular myocardium. It may cause tachyarrhythmias or right-heart failure or may cause sudden death, especially in young athletes. In our case report, we present a case of young age male patient who presented at a local community hospital with the complaint of atypical chest pain, palpitations, and vomiting and sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) on electrocardiograph (ECG) showing sustained VT, left bundle branch morphology with the superior axis.

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Dengue is the major cause of arthropod-borne viral disease in the world. It presents with high fever, headache, rash, myalgia, and arthralgia and it is a self-limiting illness. Severe dengue can occur in some cases resulting in dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS).

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