Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 46 Years Male Engineer Dilated Cardiomyopathy History The patient was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis at the age of 40 years. He reported no cardiologic symptoms until January 2009, when he started experiencing dyspnea on effort.…
Case 1 Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 63 Years Male Businessman Acute Coronary Syndrome History A 63-year-old man presented to the emergency room with recent-onset episodic chest discomfort described as “muscle ache.” The chest discomfort was radiating to the upper…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 82 Years Female Retired Factory Worker Heart Failure Caused by Ischemic Cardiomyopathy History An 82-year-old woman who had a myocardial infarction and a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) in 1997 developed progressive dyspnea and limitation…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 62 Years Female Retail Sales Agent Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy History A 62-year-old woman was seen at the cardiology outpatient clinic. Her medical history was significant for the onset of mild heart failure symptoms 2 years previously.…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 86 Years Male Retired Farmer Infection Related to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy History An 86-year-old gentleman was seen in the clinic for concerns regarding drainage at the site of his cardiac device on the left chest…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 58 Years Male Retired Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator System Infection History A 58-year-old man with ischemic cardiomyopathy with an ejection fraction of 20%, a history of coronary artery bypass graft surgery in 1993, and placement…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 70 Years Female Retired Phrenic Nerve Stimulation After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Implant History A 70-year-old woman with nonischemic cardiomyopathy, with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III symptoms, a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 65 Years Male Ex-banker, Retired for 2 Years Guide Wire Fracture During Implantation of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Device History A 65-year-old man with ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, already treated by stenting of the anterior interventricular coronary…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 81 Years Male Retired Ischemic Dilatative Cardiomyopathy with Long-Lasting Persistent Atrial Fibrillation History An 81-year-old patient with type 2 diabetes and hypertension as cardiovascular risk factors sought treatment because of effort-related dyspnea (New York Heart…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 79 Years Male Retired Right Ventricular Pacing–Induced Impaired Ejection Fraction History The patient underwent bypass surgery (left internal mammary artery to left anterior descending artery and saphenous vein graft to distal right coronary artery) 13…