Broken Heart Syndrome mimics symptoms of a heart attack. It can strike after a stressful event, such as the loss of a loved ...

ECG Challenge: Sudden Palpitations and Shortness of Breath A 56-year-old patient with cardiomyopathy lands in the emergency department with shortness of breath and a rapid heart rate. What does ...

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is a pathologic cardiac condition in which the interventricular septum is abnormally thickened. The classic finding in HOCM is large dagger-like ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM ... or after an abnormal electrocardiogram (EKG). Typically, EKGs are administered during a routine wellness visit or for evaluation of an HCM symptom, or ...

ECG interpretation in athletes requires careful analysis to ... These include findings suggestive of cardiomyopathy such as T-wave inversion, ST depression, pathological Q-waves, left axis deviation ...

The ECG clip below is from a patient with a stress-induced cardiomyopathy: Here is an LV angiogram from a patient with a stress-induced cardiomyopathy: The ECG pattern during Takotsubo ...

When people talk about having a " broken heart," they're more often than not referring to it in the metaphorical sense. However, for some, a broken heart is a very literal, physical condition.

At present, we consider that the only clear-cut treatment for TTC is continuous ECG monitoring for the first 24–48 h due to the risk of tachyarrhythmias, [20,22] and anticoagulation for at least ...

Three athletes were diagnosed with a cardiomyopathy (0.4% prevalence); with two athletes presenting a maximal wall thickness >13 mm, but in combination with an abnormal ECG suspicious of an inherited ...

The Inherited Arrhythmia and Cardiomyopathy Clinic at Baylor Medicine offers a multidisciplinary team to evaluate, diagnose and treat patients with inherited arrhythmias and cardiomyopathies.