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What's The Take Home?
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What's The Take Home?
A 54-Year-Old Woman With Shortness of Breath: Part 1
10/02/2024

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 —Series Editor

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 —Series Editor...
In part 1 of this 2-part series, Dr Rubin details the case of a 54-year-old woman who presents with a new report of shortness of breath for the last several days. The shortness of breath presented...
10/02/2024
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Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma: An Echocardiographic Surprise
08/28/2024

Monarch Shah, MD1 • Farrah Alarmanazi, MS41 • Chirag Shah, MD1,2

Monarch Shah, MD1 • Farrah Alarmanazi...
A 74-year-old woman with a history of hypertension was seen in an outpatient office with complaints of intermittent palpitations with associated headaches and dizziness for 1 week duration. Vital signs were...
08/28/2024
Review
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Review
Top 10 Controversies in Peripheral Artery Disease Management
08/20/2024

Meghana Halkar, MD1 • Iftikhar J. Kullo, MD2

Meghana Halkar, MD1 • Iftikhar J. Kul...
The term peripheral artery disease (PAD) has been used broadly to refer to stenotic/occlusive disease involving arterial beds outside of the coronary circulation.
08/20/2024
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Shigellosis Presenting with Myocarditis
07/07/2024

Monarch Shah, MD1 • Farrah Alarmanazi, MS42 • Aquib Gani, MS42

Monarch Shah, MD1 • Farrah Alarmanazi...
A 31-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with 3 days of nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain, and 2 days of diarrhea. The vomitus consisted of food particles but did not contain blood. Her...
07/07/2024
What's The Take Home?
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What's The Take Home?
A 51-Year-Old Man With Congestive Heart Failure and Renal Abnormalities
06/19/2024

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 —Series Editor

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 —Series E...
A 51-year-old man who works in the delivery services industry presented with bilateral leg edema, weight loss, and fatigue. He has lost more than 4.5 kg (10 lb) in the past 4 months without dieting. In...
06/19/2024
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Unmasking the Culprit of PVCs: Left Atrial Myxoma Diagnosed Preoperatively
06/03/2024

Steven R. Bruhl, MD, MS, FACC1 • Andrew J. Slembarski, MD2 • Gavin N. Sluss3

Steven R. Bruhl, MD, MS, FACC1 • Andr...
A 46-year-old woman presented in an outpatient cardiology office for preoperative clearance for tubal ligation surgery. On assessment, the physicians found her to have frequent premature ventricular...
06/03/2024
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An Uncorrected Atrial Septal Defect Presenting as a Rare Cause of Cardiac Cirrhosis
04/01/2024

Hinduja Nallamala, DO1 • Lannie Cation, MD1

Hinduja Nallamala, DO1 • Lannie Catio...
A 66-year-old man presented to the hospital with hypoxia requiring 15 L/min of supplemental oxygen. The patient’s medical history included non-ischemic cardiomyopathy with systolic heart failure, a left...
04/01/2024
Case in Point
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Case in Point
Communication Barriers Concerning Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Deactivation Near End of Life
04/01/2024
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...
04/01/2024
Case in Point
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Case in Point
Pediatric Hemothorax: A Rare Presentation of Ewing Sarcoma
04/01/2024
A 13-year-old boy was admitted to the hospital with acute-onset dyspnea and chest pain, which had started 4 hours prior to presentation. The pain was described as persistent and pleuritic, radiating up the...
04/01/2024
What's Your Diagnosis?
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What's Your Diagnosis?
Progressive Confusion and Recurrent Falls After Bariatric Surgery
03/06/2024
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...
03/06/2024