Remove Coronary Angiogram Remove Pericarditis Remove Thrombosis
article thumbnail

Abstract 4139677: A rare case of ventriculobronchial fistula caused by an epicardial defibrillator patch

Circulation

She had idiopathic ventricular fibrillation in 1992, treated with an EPD (Picture 1A), later replaced by a transvenous ICD.She was diagnosed with left femoral deep venous thrombosis and bilateral pulmonary embolism and started on therapeutic anticoagulation. She was transferred to our institution for further evaluation.

article thumbnail

A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and "benign early repolarization"

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Pericarditis? Young people can suffer acute coronary occlusion, whether by typical atherosclerotic plaque rupture, or by coronary anomalies, coronary aneurysms, dissections, spasm, etc. Chest Pain in a Male in his 20's; Inferior ST elevation: Inferior lead "early repol" diagnosed. Beware a negative Bedside ultrasound.