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Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd ; 161: D1960, 2017.
Article in Dutch | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29303092

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Intoxication with calcium antagonists is associated with poor outcome. Even mild calcium antagonist overdose may be fatal. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 51-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man came to the Accident and Emergency Department in severe shock after they had taken a calcium antagonist overdose. After extensive medicinal therapy had failed, they both needed extracorporeal life support (ECLS) as a bridge to recovery. CONCLUSION: In severe calcium antagonist overdose, the combination of vasoplegia and cardiac failure leads to refractory shock. ECLS temporarily supports the circulation and maintains organ perfusion. In this way ECLS functions as a bridge to recovery and may possibly save lives. Timely consultation with and referral to an ECLS centre is recommended in patients with calcium antagonist overdose.


Subject(s)
Calcium Channel Blockers/poisoning , Drug Overdose/therapy , Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation , Heart Failure/therapy , Shock/therapy , Female , Heart Failure/etiology , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Retrospective Studies , Shock/etiology , Suicide, Attempted , Treatment Outcome
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Eur Heart J ; 15(11): 1545-51, 1994 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7835370

ABSTRACT

UNLABELLED: Left atrial spontaneous echo contrast, detected by transoesophageal echocardiography in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation reflects slow blood flow and is associated with an increased risk of cardio-embolism. The purpose of this study was to find echo/Doppler predictors of left atrial spontaneous echo contrast by transthoracic examination. In a retrospective case control study, 17 patients with chronic non-valvular atrial fibrillation who had suffered a recent cerebral ischaemic event (group A) and 17 patients with chronic non-valvular atrial fibrillation who had not suffered such an event (group B) were studied. Both groups were matched for age and sex. All patients underwent standard transthoracic echocardiography with transmitral Doppler as well as transoesophageal echocardiography. Left atrial spontaneous echo contrast was demonstrated by transoesophageal echocardiography in nine group A patients and in two group B patients (P = 0.028); left atrial spontaneous echo contrast was not detected by transthoracic echocardiography in these patients. All patients with left atrial spontaneous echo contrast (11 patients) had a left atrial size, corrected for base index, exceeding 24 mm and a transmitral time velocity integral < 10 cm (sensitivity 100%). Left atrial spontaneous echo contrast was absent in six patients with both characteristics (specificity 74%). CONCLUSION: transthoracic echo/Doppler aids in the prediction of the presence of left atrial spontaneous echo contrast and the identification of patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation with increased cardioembolic risk, thus avoiding transoesophageal echocardiography.


Subject(s)
Atrial Fibrillation/diagnostic imaging , Echocardiography/methods , Heart Atria/diagnostic imaging , Thromboembolism/prevention & control , Aged , Atrial Fibrillation/complications , Brain Ischemia/complications , Chronic Disease , Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed , Echocardiography, Transesophageal , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Retrospective Studies , Sensitivity and Specificity , Thromboembolism/etiology
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Arch Neurol ; 51(4): 333-41, 1994 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8155010

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: Patients with cerebral ischemia have a high mortality rate. The most common cause of death is myocardial infarction. We attempted to identify risk factors for subsequent cardiac events in patients with cerebral ischemia by means of the history and electrocardiography performed with the patient at rest. DESIGN: The original inception cohort was entered in a multicenter randomized clinical trial (30 or 283 mg/d of aspirin) and followed up prospectively for a mean period of 2.6 years. SETTING: Patients were admitted to the hospital or seen in outpatient clinics. PATIENTS: Patients with one or more transient ischemic attacks (symptoms completely reversible within 24 hours) and patients with minor ischemic stroke (symptoms persisting for longer than 24 hours) were randomized, provided they were independent in most activities of daily living. Patients with a definite or probable source of embolism in the heart were excluded. A total of 3021 patients were included in the study. Follow-up was performed at 4-month intervals. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Primary cardiac outcome events were defined as nonfatal myocardial infarction and cardiac death. Cardiac death included sudden death, fatal myocardial infarction, or death due to congestive heart failure; 189 patients suffered a cardiac death--82 of which were sudden deaths--or nonfatal myocardial infarction. RESULTS: By means of multivariate analysis, the following independent predictors for cardiac events were identified (hazards ratio/95% confidence limits): age older than 65 years (1.6/1.2 to 2.2), male sex (1.5/1.1 to 2.1), angina pectoris (1.5/1.0 to 2.3), diabetes (1.6/1.1 to 2.5), anterior infarction noted on electrocardiography (1.7/1.1 to 2.7), inverted T wave noted on the electrocardiogram (1.6/1.1 to 2.4), and left ventricular hypertrophy noted on electrocardiography (3.2/2.0 to 4.9). CONCLUSIONS: The history and the electrocardiogram obtained with the patient at rest are valuable tools for cardiac risk assessment in patients with recent cerebral ischemia.


Subject(s)
Brain Ischemia/etiology , Brain Ischemia/physiopathology , Ischemic Attack, Transient/physiopathology , Myocardial Ischemia/etiology , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Analysis of Variance , Brain Ischemia/complications , Brain Ischemia/mortality , Cause of Death , Electrocardiography , Female , Humans , Ischemic Attack, Transient/complications , Ischemic Attack, Transient/mortality , Male , Middle Aged , Myocardial Ischemia/mortality , Predictive Value of Tests , Risk Factors
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