Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia (BDVT) is defined by beat-to-beat alternation of the QRS axis on the electrocardiogram. Its diagnosis is uncommon, and the most characteristic etiology is digitalis intoxication (DI). We report the case of a patient with heart failure of valve origin admitted for sepsis that progressed to BDVT and death, associated with DI.
A tuberculose é a doença infecto contagiosa que mais está associada à morbimortalidade. O seu acometimento extrapulmonar ocorre em cerca de 10% dos casos, sendo o sistema genitourinário o segundo local mais acometido pelo Mycobacterium tuberculosis, estando atrás do acometimento linfonodal. Em nosso relato, apresentamos o caso de um paciente
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