Biomedical subjects
Daljeet Singh Gill
Publications and source records attributed to Daljeet Singh Gill.
Acute neurological events in a patient with secondary polycythaemia and arteriovenous malformations.
General internists and adult cardiologist are seeing adult congenital heart disease more frequently in their clinical practices. We report the case of a polycythaemic patient with the cerebral and pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) who presents with a transient ischaemic attack (TIA). Treatment strategies such as antiplatelet drugs and vensection may at best be ineffective and at worst detrimental to the patient.
Cardiac tamponade associated with an elevated arterial blood pressure.
A 30-year-old male presented with acute pericarditis and a moderate pericardial effusion. His condition deteriorated suddenly with a marked elevation in blood pressure. The hypertension was erroneously correlated with a low probability of cardiac tamponade, leading to a delay in performing an echocardiogram. The echocardiogram subsequently showed features of cardiac tamponade. Severe elevation of blood pressure in a patient with cardiac tamponade is a rare and under-recognized disorder. This condition is discussed here.