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Transient Second-Degree Atrioventricular Block: A Rare Finding in Sickle Cell Crisis

Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects approximately 100,000 Americans, and it occurs in one out of every 365 African American births. Cardiac complications are a common feature of SCD and are an essential cause of the morbidity and mortality associated with SCD. However, there is insufficient literature...

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Autores principales: Riaz, Sana, Sampat, Parth J, Dhungana, Rajat, Bhatta, Luna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7413315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32782895
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9579
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Sumario:Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects approximately 100,000 Americans, and it occurs in one out of every 365 African American births. Cardiac complications are a common feature of SCD and are an essential cause of the morbidity and mortality associated with SCD. However, there is insufficient literature on SCD and atrioventricular (AV) blocks. We present a case of a young African American male with transient second-degree Mobitz type 1 block during an acute episode of sickle cell crisis.