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Abstract Number: 681
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old male with medical history of resected melanoma presented to our hospital with fatigue and exertional dyspnea of 1-week duration. He was found to have complete heart block and a large pericardial effusion. A dual chamber pacemaker was implanted, and pericardial drain was placed. The pericardial fluid was negative for malignancy and […]
Abstract Number: 686
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 22 year-old female from Guyana with no past medical history presented with shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pain, and dry cough x 5 months. She was treated for community-acquired pneumonia 6 months earlier, though her symptoms persisted. She had an exercise tolerance limited to one block, subjective fevers, malaise, and unintentional weight […]
Abstract Number: 689
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 47 year-old female with hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes presented with two weeks of dyspnea. An ECG a year prior showed normal sinus rhythm. The rhythm strip from a transthoracic echocardiogram incidentally showed complete heart block. An ECG confirmed new persistent third degree AV block. A left heart catheterization ruled out coronary artery […]
Abstract Number: 707
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 26 year old man with past medical history of obstructive sleep apnea and oxycodone abuse presented to the emergency department after cardiac arrest. According to family members, the patient was seen ingesting an unknown quantity of ibogaine at home with the main purpose of treating his opioid addiction. Shortly after ingestion, the […]
Abstract Number: 717
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 49-year-old man with a history of type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea presented after suffering a cardiac arrest at a local airport. He was reportedly healthy appearing until suddenly slumping over in his chair at the terminal. A bystander determined the patient was pulseless and initiated CPR. He received 3 shocks […]
Abstract Number: 725
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 73-year-old man with a history of atrial fibrillation on apixaban and panhypopituitarism secondary to resection of a pituitary adenoma in the 1980s presented to our hospital for chest pain. His recent history is notable for recurrent cystitis and Clostridium difficile infections requiring stress-doses of glucocorticoids; his endocrinologist had been attempting to taper […]
Abstract Number: 738
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: The patient is a 64-year-old male, BMI 35.6 kg/m2, with a history of diabetes mellitus II, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and recent CAD after syncope, who was under going CABG. A cardiac tumor was incidentally found intraoperatively (Figure 1). The pre-operative transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) was negative for signs of tumor (Figure 2), however, when it […]
Abstract Number: 744
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old man with no comorbidities presented with multiple episodes of substernal chest pressure and reduced exercise tolerance. Cardiac catheterization was notable for severe systolic dysfunction with left ventricular dilatation without coronary disease. Echocardiography was significant for an ejection fraction (EF) of 20% with global hypokinesis and extensive left ventricular (LV) trabeculations consistentwith […]
Abstract Number: 751
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: Our patient is 78-year-old female with a history of mitral regurgitation, left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOT) with systolic anterior motion (SAM) of mitral valve, migraines, and hypertension presented with lightheadedness. She had increased blood pressure at her recent office visit few weeks back necessitating an increase in dosage of verapamil. At presentation, […]
Abstract Number: 754
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: Case 1: A 14-year-old male presented to the ED with history of a convulsive syncopal episode (third lifetime event). All syncopal episodes occurred with exertion and required cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Episodes were initially considered to be due to a seizure disorder and were treated with antiepileptic therapy (Keppra). Given event recurrence despite escalating doses […]