Cardiology

A 44-year-old woman presents for evaluation with new fatigue and worsening shortness of breath with exertion. The patient noted that she has valvular heart disease related to an episode of rheumatic fever...

A 57-year-old man presented with a 1-day history of substernal chest pain, diaphoresis, palpitations, and lightheadedness while walking his dog. He initially attributed his symptoms to a panic attack,...

A 72-year-old woman with a history of congestive heart failure, chronic lymphedema, and hypothyroidism presented with worsening bilateral lower-extremity swelling and weakness. She was found to be in atrial...

A 62-year-old woman presented to a palliative care clinic for follow-up of symptom management. She reported a recent fall after unexpectedly being shocked by her implantable cardioverter-defibrillator...

A previously healthy 58-year-old man presents to the clinician’s office with a sensation of intermittent palpitations of about 1 week’s duration.

A 26-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with progressive confusion and recurrent falls. The patient reported having vomiting and diarrhea for 1 week and several falls 1 day before her...

The term peripheral artery disease (PAD) has been used broadly to refer to stenotic/occlusive disease involving arterial beds outside of the coronary circulation.

A 66-year-old man presented to the clinic with new fatigue and several weeks of exhaustion. The patient had been in his usual state of health until about 1 month prior, when he noted easy fatigue and...

A 43-year-old man presented to his primary care physician for a routine physical examination. At this visit, the patient reported elevated blood pressure, headaches, fatigue, new onset of palpitations, and...

A 20-year-old woman presented to the clinic with midsternal chest pain radiating to the left arm.