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Cardiac amyloidosis

…a third or fourth heart sound is rarely heard due to restrictive pathophysiology and impaired ventricular relaxation [10]. There is also an increased risk of…

Coronary Anomalies and Myocardial Bridging

…ventricular function, myocardial stunning, and sudden cardiac death. It may also be associated with early death after cardiac transplantation. Myocardial bridging is not itself an…

Familial and Genetic Screening in Premature Cardiovascular Disease

…less likely in an older patient with non classical features. Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) has a substantially more diverse genetic basis. Pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants…

Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: Diagnosis, Cascade Screening and Treatment

…Cutaneous or tendon xanthomas before age 10 years are an important clue to HoFH, especially when both parents have untreated LDL C levels compatible with…

ECG J wave syndromes: hypothermia, early repolarization, hypercalcemia & Brugada syndrome

…condition has been recognized for decades, and it has been regarded as a benign form of ST segment elevation with slurring or notching at the…

Eletrical alternans: the ECG in pericardial effusion & cardiac tamponade

ECG Genetic and miscellaneous conditions Eletrical alternans: an ECG sign of pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade The pericardial space (cavity) always contains a small amount…

Pericarditis, myocarditis & perimyocarditis: ECG, criteria & treatment

…to that seen in patients with STEMI. Moreover, the pain in acute pericarditis may also, as in STEMI, radiate to the neck, shoulders or back…

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken heart syndrome, stress induced cardiomyopathy)

…performed. Note that troponins may be elevated but the elevation is typically discrete and not on a par with the degree of left ventricular impairment…

Brugada syndrome: ECG, clinical features and management

…as women, and men also display the highest risk of experiencing malign ventricular arrhythmias. Brugada syndrome is hereditary with an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern, meaning…

Early repolarization pattern on ECG (early repolarization syndrome)

…Genetic and miscellaneous conditions The early repolarization pattern and syndrome: from ECG criteria to management Although the early repolarization pattern has been recognized for almost…

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