Case 3/2016 - 58 Year-Old Hypertensive Male with End-Stage Renal Disease, Aortic Dissection, Fever and Hemoptysis
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He knew he had arterial hypertension, ischemic heart disease, renal failure (undergoing renal replacement therapy) and aortic dissection. He had myocardial infarction in January 1999, being referred to InCor. His electrocardiogram (May 31st, 1999) revealed: sinus rhythm; heart rate, 68 bpm; PR interval, 165 ms; QRS length, 87 ms; QT interval, 404 ms; SÂQRS –40° parallel; inferodorsal electrically inactive region (Figure 1) His laboratory tests (May 31st, 1999) showed: total cholesterol, 242 mg/dL; triglycerides, 104 mg/dL; glucose, 92 mg/dL; and creatinine, 1 mg/dL.
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