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Patients with long COVID may present in primary care with symptoms of palpitations from tachycardia triggered by standing or even limited exertion. Palpitations can be accompanied by other autonomic nervous symptom-associated symptoms such as dizziness, breathlessness, chest pain, sweating, bloating, and fatigue, and patients can find these symptoms debilitating.

Long-term continuous monitoring for atrial fibrillation in older patients yielded an incidental diagnosis of sinus node dysfunction or atrioventricular block with bradycardia in 21% of patients over the age of 70. But the finding was not associated with any increased risk of syncope or sudden death.

The patient’s blood pressure is 110/70 and his pulse is 52. Cardiac auscultation is normal. BMI is 22. The ECG shows sinus bradycardia and voltage criteria for LVH. The QT interval is 400 ms, and there is early repolarization. Review the details of the ECG and echo and determine your diagnosis.

A prospective cohort study of 629 patients with non-MRI-conditional ICDs from 2003 to 2013, including 813 MRIs, concludes that the devices continue to function properly after MRI.

A layered approach to care is described with lifestyle interventions being a key feature of the updated recommendations. The recommendations now include therapies proven to improve cardiovascular and kidney outcomes in patients with diabetes and CKD.

Commotio cordis — cardiac arrest after a blunt force trauma to the chest — is thought to occur because a hard object strikes the chest in a vulnerable moment in the cardiac cycle, setting off ventricular fibrillation. The rare condition has been described with a ball strike to the chest, but primarily in young men whose chests haven’t fully developed, making them more susceptible to the blunt force of a ball.