Diagnosis of a hiatal hernia (HH) is typically made using an upper gastro-intestinal barium X-ray. A complementary test is gastroscopy or upper-intestinal endoscopy. There are reports in which HH has been diagnosed by echocardiography. We here describe a case of a HH visible on an echocardiogram in a female with palpitations.

AIMS Holter monitoring (HM) has been established as one of the most effective noninvasive clinical tools in the diagnosis, assessment and risk stratification of cardiac patients. However, studies in the pediatric age group are limited. The present work aims at determining the value of HM in the diagnosis and management of children. SETTINGS AND DESIGN Retrospective study conducted at a tertia...

INTRODUCTION We hypothesized that the indication for stress testing provided by the referring physician would be an independent predictor of all-cause mortality. MATERIAL AND METHODS We studied 48,914 patients from The Henry Ford Exercise Testing Project (The FIT Project) without known congestive heart failure who were referred for a clinical treadmill stress test and followed for 11 ±4.7 yea...

PATIENT Female, 56 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Thyroiditis - silent Symptoms: Palpitations • pretibial pitting edema • short of breath • sweating MEDICATION - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: Endocrinology and Metabolic. OBJECTIVE Unknown etiology. BACKGROUND Hyper- or hypothyroidism sometimes causes pretibial myxedema characterized by non-pitting infiltration of a proteinaceous ground substance. Ho...

BACKGROUND Palpitations and light-headedness are common symptoms that may be indicative of cardiac arrhythmias. Effective triage by the GP might prevent delayed treatment or inappropriate referrals. The aim of this study was to determine the capability of GPs to assess the presence of cardiac arrhythmias and which signs and symptoms are used in predicting the presence of arrhythmias and which a...

Objectives: This study examined cases of patients with palpitations treated <i>Gami-ondam-tang</i>.Methods: The were <i>Gami-ondam-tang</i> and changes in their symptoms assessed using a self-reported numeral rating scale (NRS) score.Results: Following treatment, the patients’ accompanying (e.g., insomnia, hot flushes, dyspepsia, depression) improved. investigated 14 fir...

Pheochromocytoma is an uncommon tumor of the adrenal glands that can present with headaches, sweating, palpitations, and paroxysmal hypertension. Pheochromocytoma crisis can lead to cardiomyopathy, pulmonary edema, and even total circulatory collapse. We describe a patient with hypoxic respiratory failure requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to stabilize until the pheochromocytoma was ...

Patients with a Pheochromocytoma usually present with intractable hypertension, postural hypotension, headaches and palpitations, with intractable hypertension being the predominant symptom. When the tumor is located in the urinary bladder, symptoms may be induced by micturition. Herein, we report a young patient with a urinary bladder Pheochromocytoma without hypertension or symptoms induced b...

A 53-year-old man presented with heart palpitations while swallowing. Electrophysiologic study (EPS) and immunohistochemical results of his esophageal leiomyoma suggested that swallowing-induced atrial tachycardia is related with neural reflex. S100-immunopositive nerve fibers are demonstrated sympathetic nerves which possibly explain the mechanism. Metoprolol tartrate tablets are effective in ...

Cardiac fibroma is a rare primary tumor of the heart. Patients can be asymptomatic or present with palpitations, cardiac murmur, syncope, arrhythmias, symptoms of congestive heart failure, or sudden death. We report a case of successful surgical excision of a giant cardiac fibroma in an asymptomatic child. Eur Res J 2018;4(1):52-54