Ken Grauer, MD

AUGUST 18, 2023

This patient was seen in the office — and during his exam, was found to have an “irregular heart beat”. He was not symptomatic with the ECG shown in Figure-1. How would YOU interpret this ECG? As the primary care clinician — What would YOU do? Extra Credit ( which is a HINT to the Answer! ): How many beats are recorded on the ECG in Figure-1 ? Figure-1: The initial ECG in today’s case. ( To improve visualization — I've digitized the original ECG using PMcardio ).

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Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine

AUGUST 18, 2023

Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, Volume 16, Issue 5 , Page 434-441, October 1, 2023. BACKGROUND:Variants inRBM20are reported in 2% to 6% of familial cases of dilated cardiomyopathy and may be associated with fatal ventricular arrhythmia and rapid heart failure progression. We sought to determine the risk of adverse events inRBM20variant carriers and the impact of sex on outcomes.METHODS:Consecutive probands and relatives carryingRBM20variants were retrospectively recruited from 12 ca

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