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ArticleEuropean heart journal. Case reports2021

Acute heart failure and bradyarrhythmia in a young male-what hides beneath the surface?: a case report.

João Santos, Inês Almeida, Inês Pires, Filipe Blanco

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Article in European heart journal. Case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

João SantosCardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Av. Rei Dom Duarte, 3504-509 Viseu, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2827-2131
Inês AlmeidaCardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Av. Rei Dom Duarte, 3504-509 Viseu, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5029-1972
Inês PiresCardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Av. Rei Dom Duarte, 3504-509 Viseu, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8979-7233
Filipe BlancoNeurology Department, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Av. Rei Dom Duarte, 3504-509 Viseu, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4725-7623
Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMuscular dystrophies (MDs) are characterized by early-onset muscular atrophy and weakness, with frequent cardiac involvement. Myocardial dysfunction and conduction system involvement are often rapidly progressive despite medical and device therapy, and may even precede muscular symptoms, posing a challenge to diagnosis. CASE SUMMARY: We report a case of a young male admitted to a cardiac intensive care unit due to ' DISCUSSION: Association of skeletal muscle and cardiac symptoms should always raise the suspicion for an underlying MD, since the consequences of a missed diagnosis are often dramatic. A timely diagnosis is crucial to prevent sudden death due to arrhythmias in these patients and to delay the progressive course of cardiomyopathy.

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ArrhythmiaCase reportEmery-DreifussHeart failureMuscular dystrophy

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PMID34816080
PMCPMC8603233
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