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ArticleBMJ case reports2016

Silent myocardial infarction secondary to cardiac autonomic neuropathy in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.

Dileep Unnikrishnan, Aasems Jacob, Mark Anthony Diaz, Jeffrey Lederman

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
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Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dileep UnnikrishnanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6743-4792
Aasems JacobDepartment of Internal Medicine, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA.
Mark Anthony DiazDepartment of Internal Medicine, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA.
Jeffrey LedermanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA.
Monmouth Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An 83-year-old female patient with rheumatoid arthritis and hypertension presented to the emergency department with fever and chills of 1 day duration. On examination, temperature was 100.9 F, heart rate 111/min and she had orthostatic hypotension. Laboratory tests showed elevated blood urea nitrogen and white cell count. The patient underwent treatment for symptomatic urinary tract infection and while her fever and leucocytosis resolved, tachycardia persisted. An EKG done showed T inversions in leads II, III, arteriovenous fistula, V2 and V3. Troponin-I was elevated. Nuclear stress test revealed apical wall motion abnormality confirming myocardial infarction. Ewing's tests were carried out at bedside and these diagnosed severe autonomic neuropathy. Rheumatoid arthritis can cause cardiac autonomic neuropathy from chronic inflammation. This case entails the importance of assessing and detecting cardiac autonomic neuropathy in chronic inflammatory conditions, and the need to be cautious of acute coronary events in these patients, even for minimal or no symptoms.

Indexed as

Aged, 80 and overArthritis, RheumatoidAutonomic Nervous System DiseasesFemaleHeartHeart Conduction SystemHumansHypertensionMyocardial InfarctionMyocarditis

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PMID27489064
PMCPMC4986017
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