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The symptoms tend to occur 2–3 weeks after myocardial infarction but can also be delayed a few months. It tends to subside in a few days, and very rarely leads to pericardial tamponade. [8] Elevated ESR is an objective but nonspecific laboratory finding.
William Dressler (1890–1969) was a cardiologist born in Poland, who went on to become a Director of Cardiology at Maimonides Medical Center. [1] [2] Dressler's syndrome is named after him for discovering the condition in 1956. [3] [4] [5] The "Dressler beat", a type of QRS complex, [6] is also named after him.
The symptoms of DRESS syndrome usually begin 2 to 6 weeks but uncommonly up to 8–16 weeks after exposure to an offending drug. Symptoms generally include fever, an often itchy rash which may be morbilliform or consist mainly of macules or plaques, facial edema (i.e. swelling, which is a hallmark of the disease), enlarged and sometimes painful lymph nodes, and other symptoms due to ...
Wilson–Turner syndrome; Winchester syndrome; Winter-over syndrome; Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome; Wissler's syndrome; Withdrawal syndrome; Withering abalone syndrome; Wobbly hedgehog syndrome; Wolcott–Rallison syndrome; Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome; Wolfram syndrome; Wolf–Hirschhorn syndrome; Woodhouse–Sakati syndrome; Work-related ...
Once a patient has recovered from the acute stage of the syndrome, they can expect a favorable outcome and the long-term prognosis is excellent for most. [ 1 ] [ 15 ] [ 39 ] Even when ventricular systolic function is heavily compromised at presentation, it typically improves within the first few days and normalises within the first few months.
Myocardial infarction; Other names: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart attack: A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, causing catastrophic thrombus formation, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream to the heart muscle.
A myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is one of a group of cancers in which blood cells in the bone marrow do not mature, and as a result, do not develop into healthy blood cells. [3] Early on, no symptoms typically are seen. [3] Later, symptoms may include fatigue, shortness of breath, bleeding disorders, anemia, or frequent infections. [3]
Down syndrome or Down's syndrome, [12] also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. [3] It is usually associated with developmental delays, mild to moderate intellectual disability , and characteristic physical features.