A Newborn with Panhypopituitarism and Seizures by Trupti Kale, Rachit Patil, Ramesh Pandit

“…In this report, we describe a 4-month-old female with a heterozygous deletion at 20p11.21p12.1 with panhypopituitarism and cardiac, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary anomalies along with dysmorphic facial features. …”
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Severe pulmonary-renal syndrome in honeybee sting envenomation – A case report by Alan Shaji, Malik Parvez, Naresh Kumar Chirumamilla, Nalin Sharma, Ashok Kumar Pannu

“…However, he developed cardiac arrhythmias with ventricular tachycardia and died.…”
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Anesthetic Considerations in a Patient with Myotonic Dystrophy for Hip Labral Repair by Ramon Go, David Wang, Danielle Ludwin

“…Disorders such as hyperthyroidism, progressive musculoskeletal weakness, cardiac dysrhythmias, hypoventilation, and cognitive-behavioral disorders may be present in these patients. …”
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Brugada Phenocopy Type 1 Secondary to Synthetic Cannabinoids by Mohammad Amro, Kelechukwu U. Okoro, Kanaan Mansoor, Ahmed Amro, Paul Okhumale

“…Brugada phenocopies (BrP) are clinical entities that have EKG tracings similar to the congenital Brugada syndrome (BrS) but without ventricular tachyarrhythmias or sudden cardiac death. BrP is caused by various factors such as metabolic disturbances (electrolyte imbalance), drugs, mechanical compression of the mediastinum, and inflammatory conditions such as myocarditis or pericarditis. …”
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First Diagonal Coronary Artery: Left Ventricular Fistula Presenting as Unstable Angina by Murat Sener, Mehmet Akkaya, Muammer Bilici

“…Coronary artery fistulae are characterized by communications between a coronary artery and a cardiac chamber or another vascular structure. They are usually congenital, but acquired forms may occur. …”
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The Use of N-Terminal-Pro-BNP in Preterm Infants by Afif EL-Khuffash, Eleanor Molloy

“…Their role in prognosis following cardiac surgery has also been identified. In preterm infants NTpBNP is becoming increasingly recognised as a potential screening tool for patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), and a marker for myocardial performance. …”
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Severe acute pulmonary embolism in pregnancy by Bhaskar Narayan

“…In severe cases, it causes haemodynamic instability and can lead to cardiac arrest due to obstructive shock. Patients with acute PE can be risk stratified to guide their monitoring and treatment; this article focuses on intermediate- and high-risk PE. …”
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Systemic Amyloidosis: A Rare Presentation of Mesenteric Angina by Christopher N Andrews, Jack N Amar, Malcolm MM Hayes, Robert A Enns

“…Systemic amyloidosis involving intestinal small vasculature without larger arterial involvement was diagnosed at autopsy after the patient died of an asystolic cardiac arrest. Mesenteric angina without evidence of ischemic enteritis or pseudo-obstruction is a rare manifestation of amyloidosis.…”
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Unusual Vasospastic Angina: A Documented Asymptomatic Spasm with Normal ECG—A Case Report and a Review of the Literature by Ghassan Nakad, Hamid Bayeh

“…His angina is relieved by sublingual nitroglycerin. He had undergone a cardiac catheterisation two weeks prior to his presentation for the same complaints. …”
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Incidental Finding of Left Ventricular False Chamber: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Implications by Antonello Cuccaro, Riccardo Gorla, Domenico Lumia, Mattia Barbiero, Roberto De Ponti

“…A multimodality imaging approach including also transesophageal echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging allowed to better characterize the lesion and identify it as a pseudoaneurysm. …”
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Illuminating the impact of N-terminal acetylation: from protein to physiology by Nina McTiernan, Ine Kjosås, Thomas Arnesen

“…At the organismal level, N-terminal acetylation is highly influential, and its impairment was recently linked to cardiac dysfunction and neurodegenerative diseases.…”
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A novel case of left atrial and right lung mass turned out to be unconventional metastasis of uterine leiomyosarcoma with a review of literature by Tarang Patel, Priyanka Aswal, Ashish Jakhetiya, Virendrakumar Meena, Arun Pandey

“…Uterine leiomyosarcoma (ULMS) is a rare malignancy arising from the myometrial smooth muscle wall, and cardiac metastases are extremely rare. Metastasis to the heart is a very unusual finding, and atrial metastasis is even rarer. …”
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An Underreported Consequence of Obesity in Pregnancy: Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch by William R. Hartman, Katherine W. Arendt, Kent H. Rehfeldt

“…An uncommon and likely underreported complication occurs in obese women who have received prepregnancy cardiac valve replacement with a prosthesis that is inadequately sized for body habitus, a condition referred to as patient-prosthesis mismatch (PPM). …”
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Hemorrhagic Stroke in Relapsing Polychondritis: A Rare Complication of a Rare Disease by Benjamin Chaucer, Augustus Demanes, Abriella Stone, Venkat Kakollu

“…Common complications include hearing loss and cardiac involvement. An extremely rare complication is neurological involvement. …”
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Atrial Fibrillation as a Rare Complication of the Use of Nifedipine as a Tocolytic Agent: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Nikolina P. Docheva, Emily D. Slutsky, Roger Sandelin, James W. Van Hook

“…In this report, we describe the case of threatened preterm labor managed with nifedipine with subsequent development of atrial fibrillation. This type of cardiac arrhythmia may have considerable consequences for both the mother and the fetus. …”
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Persistent Oxygen Requirement beyond Prematurity: A Case of Acquired Pulmonary Vein Stenosis by Tyler A. Fick, Bernadette Richards, Carl H. Backes, Molly K. Ball

“…Acquired pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare cardiac defect and diagnosis can often be challenging, as many cases present with refractory or prolonged oxygen requirement over the expected course. …”
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Derivative 11;22 (Emanuel) Syndrome: A Case Report and A Review by Madan Gopal Choudhary, Prashant Babaji, Nitin Sharma, Dilip Dhamankar, Gururaj Naregal, Vijay Sunil Reddy

“…Emanuel syndrome (ES) is a rare anomaly characterized by a distinctive phenotype, consisting of characteristic facial dysmorphism, microcephaly, severe mental retardation, developmental delay, renal anomalies, congenital cardiac defects, and genital anomalies in boys. Here, we report a male neonate, with the classical features of Emanuel syndrome.…”
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Multivessel Coronary Artery Vasospasm-Induced Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy by Vishal I. Patel, Serap Sobnosky

“…Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is associated with a constellation of cardiac findings including reversible left ventricular dysfunction and an acute triggering stressor. …”
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Psychiatric Disorder and Incessant Tachyarrhythmia in a Child by Peter Chau, Jeremy Moore

“…The case highlights the overlap between psychiatric complaints and true cardiac arrhythmia. A review of the literature is presented, with a special emphasis on distinguishing these two entities as well as a synopsis of this uncommon arrhythmia in the pediatric population.…”
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Prenatal Diagnosis of the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. A Family Presentation by Humberto Perera Navarro, Tatiana Zaldivar-Vaillant, Carlos Viñas-Portilla, Ariel Medina Concepción, Rosa Guerra Badía, Mariesky Zayas Guillot

“…It is characterized by degeneration of the muscle skeletal fibers which produce handicap in the first decade of life bringing about death due to cardiac or respiratory failure. The responsible gene of the disease is known as DMD and it is located in the X chromosome shorter arm. …”
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