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PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 23-year-old woman was seen in a vascular surgery clinic for a pulsatile mass over the calf for a few weeks’ duration. She recollected sustaining…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 26-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of a possible connective tissue disorder. She first came to medical attention in early childhood when she was…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 70-year-old obese man underwent cardiac catheterization for coronary stenting. He received dual antiplatelet therapy with the use of glycoprotein inhibitors during the intervention. He…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 72-year-old white man underwent a computed tomographic (CT) scan of the chest to evaluate a pulmonary nodule and incidentally found to have a 6-cm…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 68-year-old man with hypertension and a history of smoking was 1 week post-op from a right total knee replacement. He presented to the emergency…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 65-year-old man presented to the vascular clinic after his primary care physician felt a pulsatile abdominal mass in his left mid abdomen. The patient…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 65-year-old man presented to the emergency room with complaints of abdominal pain. He described the pain to be stabbing in nature, radiating to his…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 70-year-old man with stable coronary artery disease presented to the emergency department (ED) with new onset of right arm and leg weakness, as well…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 78-year-old, right-hand-dominant man was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease. It was deemed that he would require lifetime hemodialysis. Venous mapping with Duplex ultrasound was…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A restrained driver in a high-speed motor vehicle accident was evaluated in the emergency department where he was found to have a Glasgow Coma scale…