A 70-year-old man presented to your office with a history of chest “discomfort” of several months’ duration. He is not precisely sure when it had started but knows it has been present for at least 3 to 4...
In this article, Scott T. Vergano, MD, summarizes 4 top papers making headlines in April, including an update to the Academy of Pediatrics guidance on Health Supervision for Children With Down Syndrome,...
A 45-year-old man with a history of gastroesophageal reflux disease was admitted to the hospital for elective repair of severe mitral valve regurgitation.
A 35-year-old woman called her primary care provider about a week’s duration of upper abdominal pain and ongoing shortness of breath, most noticeable with exertion.
A 38-year-old man presents with several days of ongoing severe abdominal pain in his upper abdomen that radiates to his back. He describes the pain as “boring and unrelenting” and is not crampy or colicky.
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A 79-year-old man is being evaluated for aortic stenosis. He is known to have had aortic stenosis for the last several years, with serial clinical follow-up visits for symptoms and noninvasive tests for...
A 70-year-old man who had undergone pacemaker placement for atrial fibrillation 21 years ago, with a generator change 4 years ago, was transferred from an outside hospital to our hospital for evaluation of...
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.
