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Eur Heart J Case Rep
January 2025
Cardiology Department, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 S 1st Ave, Maywood, IL 60153-3328, USA.
Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are effective antineoplastic agents but can cause adverse effects in many organ systems. Cardiovascular toxicities include arrhythmias, myocarditis, heart failure, takotsubo syndrome, pericarditis, coronary artery disease, and vasculitis.
Case Summary: A 66-year-old woman with Stage 3C2 endometrial carcinoma presented for her second cycle of pembrolizumab, carboplatin, and paclitaxel.
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol
January 2025
Service de rythmologie cardiaque, Hôpital Cardiologique Louis Pradel, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France.
Background: Temporary transvenous pacing (TTP) is a common procedure, predominantly performed in the catheterization laboratory (cath lab) because of presumed lower complication rate. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TTP placement in the ICU compared to TTP placement in the cath lab.
Methods: This retrospective, real-life study included all patients requiring TTP in a tertiary care ICU between 2019 and 2022.
J Med Case Rep
December 2024
Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia.
Background: This case highlights the management of concomitant acute myocarditis and congenital long QT syndrome with electrical storm and incessant Torsade de Pointes.
Case Presentation: An 18 years-old Southeast Asian para 1 abortus 0 (P1A0) postpartum patient with cesarean section owing to severe preeclampsia, acute lymphocytic myocarditis, and prolonged QT interval owing to long QT syndrome. She has incessant Torsade de Pointes treated with beta-blocker, lidocaine, overdrive pacing with a temporary transvenous pacemaker, left cardiac sympathetic denervation per video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation.
NMC Case Rep J
November 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, St. Marianna University Hospital, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
The most frequent of the embryonic persistent arteries that connect the internal carotid artery to the posterior circulation is the persistent primitive trigeminal artery (PPTA), which is recognized on 0.1%-0.6% on the basis of conventional angiography or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Interv Card Electrophysiol
December 2024
Cardiac Electrophysiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
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