Brugada‐like early repolarisation pattern associated with acute pericarditis

Two cases of acute pericarditis presented with interesting electrocardiograms resembling Brugada‐like or early repolarisation patterns. This report emphasises that proper interpretation of the electrocardiogram in patients with ST‐segment elevation assists the clinician in arriving at the correct diagnosis in making appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic decisions, and also that the saddleback‐type ST‐segment elevation cannot be a sensitive finding for the Brugada syndrome

A narrow QRS complex during a left bundle branch block morphology wide QRS tachycardia: A clue for manifest or bystander involvement of nodofascicular pathway?

PubMed: 31916620[No abstract available

The effect of hemodialysis on electrocardiographic parameters

Background Cardiovascular complications are the leading causes of premature deaths in hemodialysis patients. Due to rapid changes in volume and electrolyte concentration following dialysis, the some electrocardiographic (ECG) changes or arrhythmias might be seen. Objective To investigate the acute effects of hemodialysis on the ECG parameters in patients with chronic end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Method We included the consecutive ESRD patients who underwent a hemodialysis. Before and after hemodialysis, some 12 lead ECG parameters were analyzed by two different cardiologists by using electronic digital caliper device. Results A total of 62 patients (mean 52 ± 15 years; 65% male) with ESRD undergoing hemodialysis were recruited to the study. P-wave amplitude, QRS amplitude, QRS duration, QTc dispersion, the sum of amplitudes in V1S + V5R derivations, total QRS amplitude, and duration were significantly greater in posthemodialysis patients compared to the prehemodialysis ones. However, T-wave amplitude and QTc duration were significantly lower in posthemodialysis patients. Conclusion The ECG changes including prolangated QRS and increased QTc interval after hemodialysis should be kept in mind and assessed carefully in ESRD patients. Prolongation of these parameters may prove to be a further noninvasive marker of susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc

Platelet aggregation in left ventricular thrombus formation after acute anterior myocardial infarction: mean platelet volume

We report the results of a new accurate evaluation of light nuclei yields inprimordial nucleosynthesis. The relic densities of 4He, D and 7Li have beennumerically obtained via a new updated version of the standard BBN code