Open Heart

APRIL 20, 2022

Methods Patients were retrospectively evaluated between January 2012 and June 2020. Twenty-one (41%) had normal echocardiogram, 13 (25%) a hypokinetic non-dilated cardiomyopathy (HNDC) and 17 (33%) a dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Of 47 tested patients, 29 (62%) were carriers of a pathogenic/likely pathogenic DNA variant.

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Cardiomyopathy Chest Pain Sudden Cardiac Death Heart Failure 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 22, 2023

He denied chest pain or shortness of breath. In the clinical context of weakness and fever, without chest pain or shortness of breath, the likelihood of Brugada pattern is obviously much higher. Formal echocardiogram showed normal EF, no wall motion abnormalities, no pericardial effusion.

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Chest Pain Heart Rhythm Sudden Cardiac Death Dysrhythmia 91

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

A formal echocardiogram was completed the next day and again showed a normal ejection fraction without any focal wall motion abnormalities to suggest CAD. It was from a patient with chest pain: Note the obvious Brugada pattern. The Troponin I was cycled over time and was 0.353 followed by 0.296. This patient ruled out for MI.

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Heart Rhythm Sudden Cardiac Death Arrhythmia STEMI 52