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Man Gets Burning Sensation in Chest During an Argument
An 80-year-old man presents to your office after having two separate episodes of chest pain. The first occurred two weeks ago, while the patient...
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Woman Faints During Concert
A19-year-old woman is referred from the emergency department (ED) for follow-up. While attending a concert last weekend, she experienced an...
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Atrial Flutter Follow-up
A 39-year-old business professional returns to your clinic for follow-up one month after a synchronized cardioversion to treat abrupt-onset atrial...
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Are Energy Drinks Causing This Man's Shortness of Breath?
A business professional, age 39, presents with shortness of breath that abruptly began two hours ago. He states he has been under a significant...
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Ederly Woman Experiences Chest Pain While Knitting
An 84-year-old woman presents with left-sided chest pain radiating to the back and neck. The pain began about four hours ago, while she was...
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Widower Experiencing Fatigue
A 72-year-old man presents for a routine appointment. He was doing well until two months ago, when he started to notice that he fatigues easily....
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Man Found Unconscious In a Park
A 69-year-old man is found unconscious in a public park by a couple out for a walk. The husband tries to arouse the man to no avail; checking for...
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Chest Pain has "Gone On Long Enough"
A 62-year-old African-American man presents to the urgent care center with a six-hour history of chest pain. He describes the pain as a “burning,...
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Should This Man be Worried About Sudden Death?
A 25-year-old Vietnamese man has lived in the United States since age 14. He was in his usual state of “excellent” health until one week ago, when...
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Worsening Symptoms in Woman with Cystic Fibrosis
A 23-year-old woman with cystic fibrosis presents to the pulmonary medicine clinic for follow-up to a hospitalization one month ago for an...
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Just a Case of The Flu?
An 80-year-old woman presents to the emergency department (ED) with chest tightness and palpitations over the past three hours. She called her...
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Exertional Dyspnea Forces Man to Leave Job and Gain Weight
A 42-year-old man has a two-year history of exertional dyspnea. In the past six months, his condition has become significant enough to force him...
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Woman with Chest Pain While in Mexico
For two weeks, a Spanish-speaking woman, 60, has experienced substernal chest pain and shortness of breath. The pain began while she was visiting...
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Basketball Player with Continuous Palpitations
The charge nurse in the emergency department (ED) calls to tell you that one of your patients, a 19-year-old man, has just presented with a three-...
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Abrupt Onset Palpitations
An 18-year-old man has palpitations that occur with variable frequency: sometimes several times per day, and often weeks without an occurrence....