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Identification of a novel NKX2-5 variant in a young Ecuadorian patient with atrioventricular block and bradycardia: a case report

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading global cause of mortality, with South America reflecting similar trends. Among congenital heart diseases (CHDs), atrioventricular (AV) block is included. This article describes the case report of a young Ecuadorian child diagnosed with AV block and bradycardia.

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Escitalopram-induced sinus bradycardia in coronary heart disease combined with depression: a case report and review of literature

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

For patients with cardiovascular disease, using the antidepressant escitalopram may lead to unexpected adverse events. Here, a rare repeated sinus bradycardia event due to escitalopram is first reported. She began to take escitalopram and lorazepam due to depression, but sinus bradycardia (93.7%

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HonorHealth Research Institute Study Uses New Programing for Pacemakers to Control High Blood Pressure Without Additional Drugs

DAIC

A recently opened clinical trial called BACKBEAT (BradycArdia paCemaKer for Blood prEssure treAtmenT) aims to use Medtronic’s Astra and Azure model pacemakers to not only treat slow heart rates but also delivers electrical pulses stimulating the heart in a way that reduces the patient’s blood pressure.

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Management of arrythmias during pregnancy

Heart BMJ

Learning objectives To review the potential arrhythmia complications during pregnancy and puerperium in women with and without known cardiovascular disease. This is often secondary to sinus tachycardia, sinus bradycardia and sinus arrhythmia, or isolated premature atrial or ventricular arrhythmias (VAs). 2–4.

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Cardiomatics guide: Analyzing arrhythmias made easy

Cardiomatics

Prolonged ambulatory ECG monitoring, commonly referred to as Holter testing, increases the chance of detecting abnormalities responsible for the symptoms of cardiovascular diseases, especially those whose pathognomonic symptoms occur only periodically. Sinus bradycardia – sinus rhythm below 60 bpm is a sinus bradycardia.

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Physiology Friday #228: Identifying Sleep Patterns that Influence Chronic Disease Risk

Physiologically Speaking

Dozens if not hundreds of (albeit observational) studies have linked a short sleep duration to a number of health conditions including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Matthew Walker This statement may seem a bit hyperbolic, but it accurately summarizes most of the available research on sleep and health.

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Cost of Cardiovascular Disease Event and Cardiovascular Disease Treatment–Related Complication Hospitalizations in the United States

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

Acute kidney injury was the most frequent possible treatment complication (515 000 per year), and bradycardia had the highest mean hospitalization costs ($17 400 [95% CI, $17 200–$17 500]).CONCLUSIONS:The