Key result
A 78-year-old woman with childhood diphtheria and lifelong bradycardia presents with dyspnea and a systolic murmur.
Case Report (n=1)
Case presentation of a 78-year-old woman with dyspnea, a lifelong history of bradycardia, and a systolic murmur.
May prompt infectious history review in lifelong bradycardia with new murmur; leaves open post-infectious sequelae in larger cohorts.
Presentation of CaseA 78-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of dyspnea.She had diphtheria at the age of 18 months and scarlet fever during childhood. She was always unable to keep up with other children in physical activity. When she was 12 years of age a physician found that her pulse rate was 40. She was first seen at this hospital at the age of 24 years, at which time she was receiving thyroid hormone because of a diagnosis of hypothyroidism, based on bradycardia. Physical examination revealed a moderately loud systolic murmur over the precordium. An electrocardiogram . . .
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Cabot et al. (1973) conducted a case report in Dyspnea (n=1). A 78-year-old woman with a history of childhood diphtheria, scarlet fever, and lifelong bradycardia presented with dyspnea and a precordial systolic murmur.
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