Case Report: Recognizing Pneumatosis Intestinalis: A Case of Bowel Ischemia Presenting as Renal Colic by Peter D. Corr

“…Bowel ischemia and or infarction must be considered in the differential diagnosis in the older patient with pre-existing coronary artery or generalized vascular disease, cardiac failure, or arrhythmias especially atrial fibrillation and hypertension. An elderly patient with caecal infarction is presented who was initially diagnosed and treated for renal colic.…”
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New Oral Anaticoagulant Prescribing Decisions amongst General Practitioners: Handle with Care by Ann Kirby, Aileen Murphy, Colin Bradley

“…**Background:** Prescribing oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation patients is becoming more challenging as more alternatives enter the market. …”
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Isolation and Characterization of Nanofibrillar Cellulose from Agave tequilana Weber Bagasse by Hasbleidy Palacios Hinestroza, Javier A. Hernández Diaz, Marianelly Esquivel Alfaro, Guillermo Toriz, Orlando J. Rojas, Belkis C. Sulbarán-Rangel

“…The images from the atomic force microscopy helped for the observation of the degree of fibrillation in the cellulose, and with the software ImageJ, the average diameter of the nanofibers was determined to be 75 ± 5 nm with a relatively uniform length of 1.0–1.2 μm. …”
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Co-infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and human coronavirus HKU1 (HCoV-HKU1) by Laszlo Madaras, Radean Anvari, Claudia Schuchardt-Peet, Abhinav Hoskote, Rahul Kashyap

“…Providers should be cautious with the use of remdesivir in cases of co-infection and in severely ill COVID-19 patients who have a history of atrial fibrillation.…”
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Graves’ Disease Presenting with Complete Atrioventricular Block by Young Sil Eom, Pyung Chun Oh

“…Hyperthyroidism commonly causes tachyarrhythmias such as sinus tachycardia and atrial fibrillation. Impaired atrioventricular conduction is a very rare complication of hyperthyroidism. …”
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TEMPO-oxidized cellulose fiber from spent coffee ground: Studying their properties as a function of particle size by Hooriyeh Rahmani Khoshk, Marzieh Moeenfard

“…Unlike B and C-TOC, A-TOC was favored sample for obtaining fibrillated cellulose with crystallinity of 49.92 %. …”
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Diagnostic Model of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Used Artificial Intelligence Methods by Yong Li

“…The strongest predictors of in-hospital mortality were age, gender, cardiogenic shock, atrial fibrillation (AF), ventricular fibrillation (VF), third degree atrioventricular block, in-hospital bleeding, underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) during hospitalization, underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) during hospitalization, hypertension history, diabetes history, and myocardial infarction history. …”
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Accidental Intrathecal Injection of Tranexamic Acid by Khaled Mahmoud, Amany Ammar

“…The patient experienced severe pain in the back and gluteal region upon injection in association with systemic hypertension and tachycardia followed by generalized myoclonic seizures and ventricular fibrillation.…”
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Drug-Induced Lupus with Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis Associated with Apixaban by John Yang, Steffi Lena, Daniel Tarditi, Gopika Banker

“…We describe a case of drug-induced lupus with leukocytoclastic vasculitis associated with apixaban started 15 days prior, after a WATCHMAN procedure for atrial fibrillation in an 86-year-old male previously anticoagulated on rivaroxaban.…”
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Predictors of late complications after coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with stable coronary heart disease by O.J. Zharinov, К.O. Mikhaliev, O.A. Yepanchintseva, B.M. Todurov

“…In general, 29 late complications (3 cases of heart failure, 3 – first diagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF), 4 – acute coronary syndrome, 11 – left ventricular ejection fraction (LV EF) relative decrease more than 10 %, 2 – formation of atrial fibrillation permanent form, 2 – acute myocardial infarction and 4 deaths) were diagnosed in 24 patients. …”
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Cardiac Aspergilloma: A Rare Case of a Cardiac Mass Involving the Native Tricuspid Valve, Right Atrium, and Right Ventricle in an Immunocompromised Patient by Christina S. Chen-Milhone, Kalyan Chakravarthy Potu, Sudhir Mungee

“…We report a case of cardiac aspergilloma with involvement of the tricuspid valve and both the right atrium and ventricle found on a transthoracic echocardiogram in an immunocompromised patient after developing atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate. The findings from this case suggest that early clinical suspicion is critical in early diagnosis and thus early treatment.…”
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A Rare Case of the Digenic Inheritance of Long QT Syndrome Type 2 and Type 6 by Annejet Heida, Lisette J. M. E. van der Does, Ahmed A. Y. Ragab, Natasja M. S. de Groot

“…We report a 37-year-old woman with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest caused by ventricular fibrillation due to digenic inheritance of long QT syndrome type 2 (KCNH2 gene) and type 6 (KCNE2 gene). …”
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Congestive heart failure in three dogs by Mahmut Ok, Aliye Sağkan Öztürk, Cenk Er

“…In the electrocardiagraphic examination, one dog had atrial fibrillation and two dogs had ventricular tachycardia. …”
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Rivaroxaban: Expanded Role in Cardiovascular Disease Management—A Literature Review by Muhammad Ajmal, Jacob Friedman, Qurat Ul Ain Riaz Sipra, Tom Lassar

“…Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are widely used for the prevention of stroke in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, treatment of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, and as prophylaxis after hip and knee surgery after approval by the Food and Drug Administration. …”
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Coronary artery abnormalities in pediatric patients: classification. by José Jesús García Mendiola

“…Through different mechanisms, it could be the cause of t thoracic pain, sudden death, myocardiopathy, syncope, myocardial infarction and ventricular fibrillation. These constitute a group of malformations which can be classified into, congenital, acquired and associated to other cardiac entities malformations. …”
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Acute Unilateral Renal Infarction in the Setting of an Inherited Thrombophilia and Atrial Septal Defect by Siavash Piran, Sam Schulman

“…Loop monitoring revealed no atrial fibrillation. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiograms showed no thrombus. …”
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Ibrutinib-associated osteonecrosis of the jaw by Annu Singh, Sion Na, Joseph M. Huryn, Cherry L. Estilo, Steven Horwitz, SaeHee K. Yom

“…Ibrutinib has well-described side effects that limits its use such as, increased risk of atrial fibrillation, hypertension, and hemorrhage. However, oral toxicity associated with ibrutinib has not been reported. …”
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Bleeding Complication of Triple Therapy of Rivaroxaban, Prasugrel, and Aspirin: A Case Report and General Discussion by Dane D. Gruenebaum, Ahmad Alsarah, Osama Alsara, Heather Laird-Fick

“…This report describes a patient with atrial fibrillation and recent stent placement who developed severe, recurrent epistaxis on aspirin, prosugrel, and rivaroxaban. …”
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Recurrent, Delayed Hemorrhage Associated with Edoxaban after Deep Brain Stimulation Lead Placement by Walavan Sivakumar, Sarah T. Garber, Lauren E. Schrock, Paul A. House

“…The authors report a case of a man who presented with delayed, recurrent intracranial hemorrhage months after successful deep brain stimulator placement for Parkinson disease while on edoxaban for atrial fibrillation. Further reports on the use of novel anticoagulants after intracranial surgery are acutely needed to help assess the true relative risk they pose.…”
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A scoping review of randomized trials assessing the impact of n-of-1 trials on clinical outcomes. by Joyce P Samuel, Susan H Wootton, Travis Holder, Donald Molony

“…Secondary outcomes showed modest benefits, including decreasing medication use, fewer atrial fibrillation episodes, and improved patient satisfaction.…”
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