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Palpitation CT scan

Introduction

Overview

Overview

A CT may be employed in the diagnosis of patients presenting with palpitation when there is an increased suspicion of structural heart disease. [1] [2] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6][7] [7] [7] [8] [9]

CT scan

CT scan

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Case courtesy of Dr Praveen Jha, [10]
References

References

  1. ↑ Crawford MH, Bernstein SJ, Deedwania PC, DiMarco JP, Ferrick KJ, Garson A; et al. (1999). “ACC/AHA guidelines for ambulatory electrocardiography: executive summary and recommendations. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association task force on practice guidelines (committee to revise the guidelines for ambulatory electrocardiography)”. Circulation. 100 (8): 886–93. doi:10.1161/01.cir.100.8.886. PMID 10458728.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Weber BE, Kapoor WN (1996). “Evaluation and outcomes of patients with palpitations”. Am J Med. 100 (2): 138–48. doi:10.1016/s0002-9343(97)89451-x. PMID 8629647.
  3. ↑ Clementy N, Fourquet A, Andre C, Bisson A, Pierre B, Fauchier L; et al. (2018). “Benefits of an early management of palpitations”. Medicine (Baltimore). 97 (28): e11466. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000011466. PMC 6076186. PMID 29995805.
  4. ↑ Clementy N, Fourquet A, Andre C, Bisson A, Pierre B, Fauchier L; et al. (2018). “Benefits of an early management of palpitations”. Medicine (Baltimore). 97 (28): e11466. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000011466. PMC 6076186. PMID https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29995805 Check |pmid= value (help).
  5. ↑ Fraser S, Evans MF (1997). “Diagnosis and prognosis of patients with palpitations”. Can Fam Physician. 43: 2131–2. PMC 2255099. PMID 9426932.
  6. ↑ Wexler RK, Pleister A, Raman S (2011). “Outpatient approach to palpitations”. Am Fam Physician. 84 (1): 63–9. PMID 21766757.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 “StatPearls”. 2020. PMID 28613787.
  8. ↑ Wexler RK, Pleister A, Raman SV (2017). “Palpitations: Evaluation in the Primary Care Setting”. Am Fam Physician. 96 (12): 784–789. PMID 29431371.
  9. ↑ McLellan AJ, Kalman JM (2019). “Approach to palpitations”. Aust J Gen Pract. 48 (4): 204–209. doi:10.31128/AJGP-12-17-4436. PMID 31256490.
  10. ↑ <a href=”https://radiopaedia.org/“>Radiopaedia.org</a>. From the case <a href=”https://radiopaedia.org/cases/16177“>rID: 16177</a>

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