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J Schwob

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Time course of troponin I, myoglobulin, and cardiac enzyme release after electrical cardioversion.

The results of this study, conducted in 25 patients without myocardial infarction, showed that all the biologic markers of myocardial infarction, except the highly cardiospecific cardiac troponin I, increased in some patients after electrical cardioversion. These results allow us to conclude that electrical cardioversion, even preceded by a mechanical resuscitation of short duration, does not result in myocardial damage, and that cardiac troponin I is more accurate than creatine kinase-MB activity and creatine kinase-MB mass determination for the diagnosis of myocardial damage in patients who have undergone electrical cardioversion.

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Life-threatening thyrotoxicosis induced by amiodarone in patients with benign heart disease.

We report four cases of life-threatening amiodarone iodine-induced thyrotoxicosis. Two patients died of a thyroid storm, and the other two patients developed severe thyrocardiac disease unresponsive to 6 months intensive antithyroid and steroid therapy. One of these latter patients died 1 month after thyroidectomy. Euthyroidism was achieved in the last patient by treatment with potassium perchlorate. The course could not be explained by the prior thyroid or cardiac status in any of the four cases.

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