atrioventricular block/obesity

The lamin A/C (LMNA) gene encodes lamins A and C, which have an important role in nuclear cohesion and chromatin organization. Mutations in this gene usually lead to the so-called laminopathies, the primary cardiac manifestations of which are dilated cardiomyopathy and intracardiac conduction

UNASSIGNED To assess the incidence and predictors of heart rhythm and conduction disturbances in hypertensive obese patients with and without obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). UNASSIGNED This is an open, cohort, prospective study. Out of 493 screened patients, we selected 279 hypertensive, obese

OBJECTIVE The objectives were to evaluate QT interval (QTc) and QT-interval dispersion (QTd) in severely obese individuals and to determine the effects of biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) and weight loss after BPD on ventricular repolarization parameters. BACKGROUND People with severe obesity (SO)

A 74-year-old morbidly obese man was scheduled for surgical repair of an incisional ventral hernia. Anaesthesia was induced with propofol and fentanyl, and maintained with desflurane. A second dose of fentanyl 0.2 mg, given before starting surgery, resulted in sinus bradycardia and mild decrease of

OBJECTIVE Conduction defects complicating acute myocardial infarction are frequently associated with increased morbidity and mortality. As frequency of this complication has not been widely studied in our population, therefore in this study we aimed to evaluate the frequency of complete

A 23-year-old-female patient had undergone a very successful gastric banding surgery to treat obesity. Six months later she began to present recurrent syncope due to very frequent, intermittent high-degree AV block referred to as pacemaker implantation. The electrophysiological study showed impaired

A 27-year-old morbidly obese man diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and experiencing significant ventricular asystoles at times exceeding 8 seconds, during polysomnography. The bradyarrhythmias were successfully corrected with the application of a nasal continuous positive airway

The clinical spectrum of obstructive sleep apnea-(OSA-)related cardiovascular disease (CVD) comprises systemic arterial hypertension (prevalence: 40-60%), pulmonary hypertension (20-30%), coronary artery disease (20-30%), congestive heart failure (5-10%), and stroke (5-10%). During sleep, heart

BACKGROUND The aim of study was to determine the difference in presentation, risk factors, complications, management and outcome of elderly and young patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). METHODS Tertiary care center; prospective observational study. METHODS The study included 200

OBJECTIVE Several anatomical distances of Koch's triangle including the ablation site were measured and correlated with clinical features and slow pathway potentials in patients with atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia to improve the avoidance of complete atrioventricular

The purpose of this study was to evaluate our experience with a group of patients who were either selected by us or referred by an obstetrician or geneticist with the indication of fetal echocardiography. This prospective study was done on 128 cases between 1996-1998. Maternal age range was between

An obese 57-year-old man with the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome had partial tracheostomy occlusion and palpitations. Continuous ECG monitoring demonstrated atrial flutter, occasional premature ventricular beats, and a high degree of atrioventricular block during apneic episodes. A 7-s period of

BACKGROUND Implantable loop recorders (ILR) are a valuable tool for the investigation of unexplained syncopal episodes. The aim of this retrospective single center study was to identify predictive factors for pacemaker implantation in patients with unexplained syncope who underwent ILR

OBJECTIVE to determine the incidence of in-hospital arrhythmias in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and to determine the influence of hyperglycemia at admission (HA) on in-hospital arrhythmias complicating ACS. METHODS a retrospective cohort study was conducted using secondary data from