A Smartwatch Heart Rate Monitor Prompts an Unusual Diagnosis

We report the case of a 54-year-old woman who presented for cardiological evaluation having noted a decline in her heart rate on her wearable heart rate monitor. She was found to be in 2:1 atrioventricular block. Subsequent evaluation revealed cardiac and pulmonary sarcoidosis, treated with steroids...

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Autores principales: Walsh, Katie A., Lin, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Imaging Vignette
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8311695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317256
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.087
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description We report the case of a 54-year-old woman who presented for cardiological evaluation having noted a decline in her heart rate on her wearable heart rate monitor. She was found to be in 2:1 atrioventricular block. Subsequent evaluation revealed cardiac and pulmonary sarcoidosis, treated with steroids and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placement. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)
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spelling pubmed-83116952021-07-26 A Smartwatch Heart Rate Monitor Prompts an Unusual Diagnosis Walsh, Katie A. Lin, David JACC Case Rep Imaging Vignette We report the case of a 54-year-old woman who presented for cardiological evaluation having noted a decline in her heart rate on her wearable heart rate monitor. She was found to be in 2:1 atrioventricular block. Subsequent evaluation revealed cardiac and pulmonary sarcoidosis, treated with steroids and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placement. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.) Elsevier 2020-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8311695/ /pubmed/34317256 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.087 Text en © 2020 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_short A Smartwatch Heart Rate Monitor Prompts an Unusual Diagnosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8311695/
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