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Christoforos Panagides

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• Case Report
  An Unusual Presentation of Transient Left Bundle Branch Block in a Patient with Acute Pancreatitis: A Case Report
  Author(s): Ioannis M Panayiotides, Christoforos Panagides and Evagoras Nikolaides Ioannis M Panayiotides, Christoforos Panagides and Evagoras Nikolaides
  
  Introduction: New-onset left bundle branch block (LBBB) in the electrocardiogram (ECG) is considered to be a particularly serious condition, which requires prompt further evaluation for the exclusion of possible underlying myocardial ischemia. . Case presentation: A 76 year old female Caucasian patient presented with gradually worsening abdominal discomfort, accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Initial clinical and laboratory investigations were indicative of acute pancreatitis, which was confirmed with an abdomen ultrasonography. A routine ECG, which was performed in the second day of hospitalisation, identified new-onset LBBB morphology, which was not initially present. The possibility of a rate-dependent LBBB was immediately excluded, since no significant alteration of the heart rate was noted. Considering the fact that myocardial infarction among elderly female individuals may pres.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2327-4972.1000114

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