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Search Results for cardiac sarcoid
Abstract Number: 507
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: 56-year-old male with a history of squamous cell cancer of forehead s/p Mohs surgery who was admitted from the outpatient cardiology stress lab after his EKG revealed complete heart block. Baseline TTE done during the initial part of the stress test revealed LVEF25-30%. Patient was asymptomatic on admission, hemodynamically stable with no laboratory […]
Abstract Number: 567
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 46 year-old woman presented with one week of palpitations and dyspnea on exertion. Her medical history was remarkable for a pericardial effusion of unknown etiology two months prior, treated with pericardiocentesis in Guyana. On presentation she was hemodynamically stable. Exam was significant for distant heart sounds and decreased breath sounds at the […]
Abstract Number: 666
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 45 year old African American male with sarcoidosis (2009 lung biopsy) was brought by EMS after an out of hospital ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest. With ACLS, ROSC was attained after 20minutes. He had no family history of sudden death or heart disease. He did not engage in any toxic habits. Exam showed […]
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: 743
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 39-year-old man with pulmonary sarcoidosis presents with two days of progressive change in mental status. He is admitted to the medical ICU after initial attempts to resolve hypotension with intravenous isotonic resuscitation are unsuccessful. He was hypothermic and obtunded on exam. Initial studies reveal a serum sodium of 171 mmol/L and a […]
Abstract Number: 897
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 47-year-old African-American man with obstructive sleep apnea presented to the emergency department after being called-back due to evidence of complete atrioventricular (AV) block on routine electrocardiogram. Patient reported a 6-month history of fatigue and exertional dyspnea. On physical examination, he was afebrile and in no acute distress. Vital signs were BP: 142/92 […]
Abstract Number: G40
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 56-year-old previously healthy Caucasian woman was evaluated by a neurologist for seizure-like activity and syncope. She was placed on a Holter monitor that showed episodes of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia (VT), and third-degree AV block. She presented to the emergency department with chest pain, a new left bundle branch block, and […]