6-year-old presents with mildly elevated heart rate that is persistent
Case Hi, thanks for taking my call. I have a 6-year old female who presents today for what appears to be an otitis media on her right ear. Mom says…
3-year-old is noted by pediatrician to have a low resting heart rate
Case Hi, thanks for taking my call. I have a 3 year-old boy in my office today who I am seeing for a well-child check. I have been following him…
9-month-old with recurrent episodes of supraventricular tachycardia despite medical therapy
Case Hi, I’m calling about a 9-month old infant, that you follow, with supraventricular tachycardia. She presented today after the parents noted that her heart rate was elevated to our…
2-year-old presents to ER with an episode of “passing out” and “turning blue”
Case Hi there, sorry to bother you, but I was wondering if I could curbside you on a case I’m seeing in the urgent care? I have a 2-year old…
Full-term infant noted to have persistent tachycardia
Case Hi, I’m calling to let you know about a newborn infant that is full-term but transferred to the NICU because of a persistent tachycardia that was noted after delivery….
4-month-old with extrasystoles on auscultation at pediatrician’s office
Case I have a 4-month old male in my office today for a well-infant check, who is growing well and doesn’t appear to have any clinical concerns but when I…
2-month-old presenting to the ER with tachycardia, fussy, unable to eat
Case Hi, I’m calling from the Children’s Emergency Room and I have a 6-week-old female that is having tachycardia at a rate of 210 beats per minute (bpm). Baby looks…
NICU infant noted to have extrasystoles on cardiac monitor
Case You receive a call from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) regarding an ex-34 week premature infant. “I have this 1 week old male infant who is here for a…
Newborn nursery infant that has bradycardia
Case I’m calling from the newborn nursery and I’m the charge nurse on for today. I have a 1-day old newborn infant that on auscultation has a slow heart rate….
Ischemic heart disease
Ischemic heart disease (IHD) Myocardial mechanics in IHD Regional function and IHD In 1935, Tennant and Wiggers demonstrated that a coronary occlusion almost immediately induced a regional wall motion abnormality….
