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What Caused Patient's Heart Palpitations and Periodic Weakness?

ECG findings clarify those of a thorough physical and patient history

Jun 19, 2024
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Breast Cancer Patient Develops Heart Palpitations and Dyspnea

Symptom resolution after stopping anti-HER2 therapy suggests treatment-related cardiotoxicity

Jul 05, 2023
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Healthy Young Woman Experiences Heart Palpitations in the Last Month of Pregnancy

Pregnancy can cause a range of changes in cardiac function and ECG findings

Jun 05, 2023
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Repeated Syncope in a Woman With No Known Heart Disease

Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation can affect people with no clinical evidence of heart disease

May 26, 2023
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Strange Asymptomatic Rash Affects Young Man With Obesity for 2 Years

Diagnosis implicates high triglycerides as a contributor

Mar 13, 2023
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Balloon Mitral Valvotomy Interrupted by Acute Pulmonary Embolism in Young Woman

Patient recovered quickly, thanks to cardiologist's fast response

Mar 06, 2023
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Why Is a Fit Swimmer Breathless and Coughing Up Blood?

Case highlights a little-known, potentially dangerous, often recurrent condition of swimmers

Jan 17, 2023
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Regular Episodes of Fainting, Stomach Pain Plague Middle-Age Heavy Drinker

Symptoms persisted for 2 years before the patient was admitted to the hospital

Jan 09, 2023
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Severe Chest Pain in Newly Diagnosed Colorectal Cancer

Case study illustrates iatrogenic risks not to be underestimated

Dec 27, 2022
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Rare Shark Fin ECG Pattern Seen in 55-Year-Old Patient

Pattern should trigger urgent cardiac catheterization to diagnose or rule out acute STEMI

Dec 19, 2022
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Pebbled Skin and Excessive Hair Growth on a 5-Year-Old's Back

Just two of the multiple symptoms that began to emerge shortly after birth

Oct 24, 2022
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Sporadic Episodes of Palpitations in Middle-Age Patient

Surface ECG helps diagnose accessory pathway with intermittent preexcitation

Sep 26, 2022
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Stroke-Heart Syndrome: The 'Perfect Storm'

Clinicians describe significant diagnostic and treatment challenges for a young patient

Sep 19, 2022
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What's Causing This Strange Constellation of Symptoms in an Older Woman?

Prompt assessment and treatment needed to prevent blindness, authors warn

Aug 08, 2022
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