Recent studies suggested that nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with an increased risk of cardiac tachyarrhythmias (mainly atrial fibrillation) in patients with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study was to examine whether an association also exists between NAFLD and heart block. We have retrospectively evaluated a hospital-based cohort of 751 patients ...

Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is a rare cardiac anomaly with wide spectrum of clinical presentation ranging from asymptomatic state to dreadful complications due to compression of vital surrounding structures or aortic dissection. There are only few reported cases of sinus of Valsalva aneurysm presented with cardiac arrhythmias including complete heart block. We herein, present a case of a 50 year...

The cause of chronic complete heart block is often obscure but was formerly assumed, in many cases, to be ischaemic in origin (Penton, Miller, and Levine, 1956). In recent years it has become apparent that coronary artery disease is a relatively uncommon cause of chronic heart block, and the terms, "isolated disease of the conduction system" (Portal et al., 1962) or "primary heart block" (Zoob ...

Congenital complete heart block could be absolutely asymptomatic. Increased awareness of suspecting an atrioventricular heart block in patients with slow heart rate and electrocardiograph examination will ensure recognition of this problem. The possibility of sudden cardiac death in these patients should not be forgotten. The goal in the peri-operative anaesthetic management is to preserve the ...

The effect of digoxin on A-V conduction in 19 patients with known disease of their conduction tissue was studied while a demand pacing system was in position. Fifteen had transient complete heart block after myocardial infarction and four had chronic intermittent complete heart block. The patients were studied on return to sinus rhythm.In no instance was a return to either second- or third-degr...

Intracardiac abscess resulting in complete heart block is an infrequent complication of infective endocarditis. Most presentations of endocarditis are limited to valvular and perivalvular structures, with varying degrees of heart block occurring in the minority of cases. We report a case of endocarditis manifesting as chest pain associated with ST segment elevation and complete heart block. The...

DURING the repair of congenital defects of the venitricular septum, various disturbances of cardiac function may occur.1'Permanent complete heart block has been the most serious of these disturbances. Right bundle-branch block seems benign. Inereased knowledge of the anatomic features of the atrioventricular (AV) conduction system has resulted in surgical technics that have nearly eliminated co...

The electrocardiogram (ECG) characteristics of athletes have recently become a topic of intensive study to accurately identify dangerous and benign alterations in this special population. These subjects develop a high-vagal tone and consequently sinus bradycardia and different degrees of atrioventricular (AV)-block, but it is difficult to determine how much is too much, and the indications for ...

Hyperkalemia is a commonly encountered electrolyte abnormality that can significantly alter normal cardiac conduction. Potentially lethal dysrhythmias associated with hyperkalemia include complete heart block and Mobitz Type II second-degree AV block. We report a case of trifascicular block, due to hyperkalemia. The patient's symptoms and electrocardiogram (ECG) evidence of trifascicular block ...

ellis-van creveld syndrome is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. this syndrome is accompanied in 60% of cases with congenital heart disease, mostly single atrium or large asd. patients are mostly symptomatic, but in this rare case despite 68 years of age, the patient was free of symptoms except for complete heart block for which pacemaker was inserted