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Myocarditis in Mediterranean spotted fever: a case report and a review of the literature

2016

Introduction: Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is a tick-borne acute febrile disease caused by Rickettsia conorii. Most cases follow a benign course, with a case fatality rate of 3–7 % among hospitalized patients. Complications are described mainly in adult patients and include hepatic, renal, neurological and cardiac impairment. Among cardiac complications, pericarditis, myocarditis and heart rhythm disorders are uncommon complications in MSF and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. Case Presentation: We describe a new case of acute myocarditis complicating MSF in an immunocompetent adult patient without risk factors for severe MSF. Conclusion: Myocarditis is an uncommon…

0301 basic medicineMicrobiology (medical)medicine.medical_specialtyPediatricsMyocarditisHeart rhythm disorders030106 microbiologyCase ReportDiseaseMediterraneanMicrobiology03 medical and health sciencesPericarditisZoonosis0302 clinical medicineCase fatality rateMedicinespotted030212 general & internal medicineconoriiIntensive care medicineBlood/Heart and Lymphaticsfeverbiologybusiness.industryMortality rateMediterranean; conorii; fever; myocarditis; rickettsia; spottedmedicine.diseasebiology.organism_classificationrickettsiaSpotted fevermyocarditimyocarditisbusinessRickettsia conoriiJMM Case Reports
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Modeling Drug Effects on Personalized 3D Models of the Heart: A Simulation Study

2010

[EN] The use of anti-arrhythmic drugs is common to treat heart rhythm disorders. Computational modeling and simulation are powerful tools that can be used to investigate the effects of specific drugs on cardiac electrophysiology. In this work a patient-specific anatomical heart model is built to study the effects of dofetilide, a drug that affects IKr current in cardiac cells. We study the multi-scale effects of the drug, from cellular to organ level, by simulating electrical propagation on tissue coupled cellular ion kinetics for several heart beats. Different cell populations configurations namely endocardial, midmyocardial and epicardial are used to test the effect of tissue heterogeneit…

Drugtherapy planningCardiac electrophysiologyHeart rhythm disordersComputer sciencemedia_common.quotation_subjectComputer Science (all)Cardiac electrophysiologyDofetilide3d modelmulti-scale modelingsimulationdrug cardio-toxicityTheoretical Computer ScienceTECNOLOGIA ELECTRONICAdrug modelingCardiac electrophysiology; drug cardio-toxicity; drug modeling; multi-scale modeling; simulation; therapy planning; Computer Science (all); Theoretical Computer SciencemedicineHeart beatAction potential durationNeurosciencemedicine.drugmedia_common
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Diagnostic Accuracy and Usability of the ECG247 Smart Heart Sensor Compared to Conventional Holter Technology

2021

Background. Heart rhythm disorders, especially atrial fibrillation (AF), are increasing global health challenges. Conventional diagnostic tools for assessment of rhythm disorders suffer from limited availability, limited test duration time, and usability challenges. There is also a need for out-of-hospital investigation of arrhythmias. Therefore, the Norwegian ECG247 Smart Heart Sensor has been developed to simplify the assessment of heart rhythm disorders. The current study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and usability of the ECG247 Smart Heart Sensor compared to conventional Holter monitors. Methods. Parallel tests with ECG247 Smart Heart Sensor and a Holter monitor were perform…

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