Cardiovascular Diseases

A previously healthy 24-year-old man was working at his job as an automechanic when he acutely developed pleuritic chest pain on the right side and dyspnea. The pain was initially sharp and prompted him to...

A 76-year-old man presented with cardiac arrest due to massive pulmonary embolism. The patient was stabilized after successful catheter-directed thrombectomy followed by catheter-based thrombolysis.

A 70-year-old man is being evaluated for a several-months history of cardiac palpitation. Approximately 3 months ago, he had experienced several episodes of palpitation that initially had been related to...

Hiccups are divided into 3 categories based on duration: brief, a bout lasting up to 48 hours; persistent, lasting from 48 hours to 1 month; and intractable, lasting longer than 1 month.

A 64-year-old African American woman presented to the emergency department with constant unremitting sharp pain in the epigastric region, which she rated as 10 of 10 in severity.

A 77-year-old man presented to the emergency department with bilateral lower extremity weakness. He had undergone 4-vessel coronary artery bypass graft surgery approximately 4 years previously and...

Awareness of stress cardiomyopathy as a mimic of acute myocardial infarction is increasing. Both syndromes may present with acute-onset chest pain, ECG abnormalities, and cardiac enzyme elevation.

A 33-year-old woman presented with palpitations of several months’ duration. She reported having the sensation of a racing heartbeat very frequently on most days. The sensations occurred at rest and during...

A 47‑year‑old woman presented with dyspnea, which she noted when she was playing with her children outside. Can you make a diagnosis?

A 73-year-old man initially presented to the local emergency department with chest pain with radiation to the left shoulder and arm after a 2-day hunting trip in November 2017.