The 2017 International Joint Working Group recommendations of the Indian College of Cardiology, the Academic College of Emergency Experts, and INDUSEM on the management of low-risk chest pain in emergency departments across India.

There have been no published recommendations for the management of low-risk chest pain in emergency departments (EDs) across India. This is despite the fact that chest pain continues to be one of the most common presenting complaints in EDs. Risk stratification of patients utilizing an accelerated diagnostic protocol has been shown to decrease hospitalizations by approximately 40% with a low 30-day risk of major adverse cardiac events. The experts group of academic leaders from the Indian College of Cardiology and Academic College of Emergency Experts in India partnered with academic experts in emergency medicine and cardiology from leading institutions in the UK and USA collaborated to study the scientific evidence and make recommendations to guide emergency physicians working in EDs across India.

Diabetic Ketoacidosis with Ebstein's Anomaly in an Adult.

Ebstein's anomaly is a rare form of congenital malformation of the heart, characterized by apical displacement of the septal and posterior tricuspid valve leaflets, leading to atrialisation of the right ventricle with a variable degree of malformation and displacement of the anterior leaflet. It may not be detected until late in adolescence or adulthood. The clinical manifestations of Ebstein's anomaly vary greatly. We are reporting a case of 35-year male who presented with generalized fatigue, palpitation and effort intolerance. Laboratory investigations confirmed the diagnosis of diabetes ketosis. Transthoracic echocardiography showed severe Ebstein's anomaly with severe tricuspid regurgitation, no residual atrial septal defect, but with severe right ventricular dysfunction. Though only few studies showed the high prevalence of abnormal glucose metabolism in young adult patients with complex congenital heart disease, but Epstein's anomaly with diabetes ketosis was nowhere mentioned.

Mycotic aneurysm: a rare and dreaded complication of infective endocarditis.

Mycotic cerebral aneurysm is a rare and potentially fatal complication of infective endocarditis. A young man was diagnosed with culture negative infective endocarditis of mitral valve with cerebral aneurysm. The patient was started on conservative management, but he died owing to intracerebral haemorrhage. In the absence of large randomised trials, there is a lack of consensus regarding the management of unruptured aneurysms. Since mycotic aneurysms are known to resolve or decrease in size with antimicrobial therapy, several institutions advice the conservative approach. A few case reports like the present case have shown that the risk of aneurysmal rupture and death is considerably high with the conservative approach. Endovascular therapy has shown to reduce the mortality in this subgroup. These patients should be managed aggressively with endovascular or surgical procedure along with antimicrobial therapy.