Journal of cardiovascular medicine
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J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) · Jul 2008
Case ReportsMajor rectus abdominis hematoma complicating low molecular weight heparin therapy.
The use of low molecular weight heparin sometimes leads to major life threatening complications, such as acute abdominal haemorrhages. We report two cases of major haematoma of rectus abdominis. Computed tomography was very helpful to confirm the diagnosis in these cases.
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J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) · Jul 2008
Case ReportsUnusual evolutionary electrocardiogram pattern in a white patient with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
We report the case of a 85-year-old white woman diagnosed with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, in whom we observed an unusual progression of initial T waves inversion to a nearly normal electrocardiogram (EKG) to giant negative T waves and back to a nearly normal EKG.
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J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) · Jul 2008
Case ReportsCannabis: a trigger for acute myocardial infarction? A case report.
Cannabis smoking is consistently increasing in Europe and after alcohol it is the most common recreational drug in the western world. Users and lay people believe that marijuana or hashish is safe. ⋯ Information concerning the link between cannabis consumption and myocardial infarction is limited and existing data are controversial on this topic. In our case report, we describe a case of a young man who after smoking marijuana experienced ST elevation myocardial infarction caused by acute thrombosis of the descending artery, submitted to efficacious primary coronary angioplasty.