Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 69 Years Male Retired Accountant Persistent Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery History In March 2012 this 68-year-old male patient sought treatment for chest pain. Non–ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) was diagnosed, and, on catheterization,…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 54 Years Male Business Entrepreneur Non-ischemic idiopathic cardiomyopathy History This 54-year-old man first sought treatment in 2005 with symptoms of progressive dyspnea on exertion, pedal edema accompanied by paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, and orthopnea. He had…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 60 Years Male Teacher Congestive Heart Failure, Stage C, New York Heart Association Class III History This 60-year-old man had coronary atherosclerosis, left bundle branch block (LBBB) with a QRS duration of 154 ms, peripheral…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 58 Years Male Sales Representative Systolic Heart Failure with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension History The patient was referred from another center for consideration of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) for long-standing ischemic cardiomyopathy and progressive heart failure…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 65 Years Male Businessman OptiVol Alert for Fluid Overload History In August 2008 the patient received a biventricular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD; Concerto, Medtronic, Minneapolis, Minn.) due to dilated cardiomyopathy with symptomatic heart failure (New York…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 76 Years Female Retired Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Nonresponder with Persistent Severe Mitral Regurgitation History This 76-year-old female patient was referred to us for persistent heart failure symptoms in New York Heart Association [NYHA] class III…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 68 Years Male Retired Businessman Ischemic Cardiomyopathy History This 68-year-old man had a history of non-ST elevation myocardial infarction in 2008 and percutaneous coronary intervention with incomplete revascularization to triple-vessel disease. He developed atrial fibrillation…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 79 Years Male Retired Golf Professional Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, Remote Cardiac Arrest, Congestive Heart Failure, and Left Bundle Branch Block History This 79-year-old man with type II diabetes, hypertension, 2.5 pack per day smoking history for…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 53 Years Male Retired Dilated and Ischemic Cardiomyopathy with New York Heart Association Heart Failure Class III to IV Symptoms History A 53-year-old man of Greek origin was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy in 1996, at…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 83 Years Male Retired Veterinarian Nonresponder to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy History An 83-year-old man had undergone implantation of a dual-chamber pacemaker 12 years previously for intermittent high-grade atrioventricular block. He did well for several years,…