Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 76 Years Male Retired Florist Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation with Rapid Ventricular Rate History Since 1980 this patient was treated periodically with venosections as a result of hemochromatosis. He had received medical therapy for…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 65 Years Male Office Worker Hypokinetic Dilated Cardiomyopathy with Permanent Atrial Fibrillation and Severe Mitral Valve Regurgitation History A 65-year-old man, affected by permanent atrial fibrillation for more than 10 years experienced worsening mitral valve…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 65 Years Male Clothing Shop Owner Frequent Idiopathic Premature Ventricular Contractions from the Posteromedial Papillary Muscle Aggravate Symptoms of Heart Failure and Prevent Resynchronization Therapy History In 2002 the patient was diagnosed with Global Initiative…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 42 Years Female Beautician Life-Threatening Electrical Storm from Sustained Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia Requiring External Defibrillation History In September 2000 the patient was referred to a cardiologist because of premature ventricular contractions. The 12-lead surface electrocardiogram…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 54 Years Male Farmer Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy History The patient is a 54-year-old man with a history of a nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. He was initially referred for consideration of a third procedure for atrial fibrillation. He…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 76 Years Male Retired High School Teacher Dilated Cardiomyopathy History The patient was a 76-year-old man with heart failure, left bundle branch block (LBBB), and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Comments The patient with symptomatic heart failure…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 59 Years Male Electrician Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure History In 2010 the patient reported dyspnea with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II, then class III. A nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy was diagnosed. The surface…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 71 Years Male Retired Congestive Heart Failure and Post–Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Status History The patient had a history of acute myocardial infarction with triple vessel disease and underwent coronary artery bypass surgery. Comments This patient…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 79 Years Male Retired Chronic Right Ventricular Pacing with Falling Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Progressive Heart Failure History The patient has an extensive cardiac history, beginning with a myocardial infarction and subsequent coronary artery…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 68 Years Male Retired Nonresponder to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Evaluated for Wireless Left Ventricular Endocardial Cardiac Stimulation to Deliver Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy History A 68-year-old man previously underwent implantation of a cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator…