Case 50: A 56-Year-Old Woman with a Heart Murmur History Diagnosis History This 56-year-old woman was discovered to have a heart murmur in her teens. She was told that “she was born with it”. In the past 10 years she had developed increasing dyspnea on exertion, moderate cyanosis and finger clubbing: Diagnosis Sinus rhythm Biatrial …
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Case 72: A 51-Year-Old Man in the ICU History Diagnosis History This 51-year-old man, who had a left pneumonectomy 2 years ago, is in the Intensive Care Unit with pneumonia: Diagnosis Sinus tachycardia Right atrial enlargement Right ventricular hypertrophy with repolarization abnormality T wave abnormality, consider lateral ischemia Comments: There are findings of right atrial enlargement …
Case 79: A 69-Year-Old Man with Severe Lung Disease History Diagnosis History This 69-year-old man with a long history of chronic obstructive lung disease and asthma is admitted because of worsening of his respiratory failure: Diagnosis Sinus tachycardia with occasional premature supraventricular complexes Right atrial enlargement Right bundle branch block Right ventricular hypertrophy Comment: This patient …
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