Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Age (years) | Gender | Cardiovascular comorbidities | Historical HR (b.p.m.) | Nadir HR (b.p.m.) | PR (ms) | QRS (ms) | Rhythms developed | Admission/peak troponin-I (ng/mL)* | Admission/ peak D dimer (ng/mL)† | Admission/ peak C-reactive protein (mg/dL)‡ | Hospital day conduction disease developed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient 1 | 70 | F | None | 65–75 | 38 | 158 | 86 | Sinus bradycardia | 0.00/0.02 | 648/3264 | 27.7/33.6 | 1 |
| Patient 2 | 81 | M | Ascending aortic aneurysm (5.1 cm), OSA, HTN | 70–90 | 51 | 234 | 118 | Sinus bradycardia AIVR | 0.04/0.09 | 5297/5297 | 13.8/14.9 | 4 |
Abbreviations: OSA = obstructive sleep apnoea; HTN = hypertension; AIVR = accelerated idioventricular rhythm.
*
Troponin-I reference range: 0.00–0.04 ng/mL
†
D-dimer reference range: 0–230 ng/mL
‡
C-reactive protein reference range: 0–0.5 mg/dL.