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PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 59-year-old Caucasian woman presented for evaluation after a recent right hemispheric stroke. She had residual short-term memory loss but no sensory or motor deficits….

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 53-year-old woman presented with severe right upper extremity rest pain. She reported a history of bilateral Raynaud phenomenon with cold exposure for many years….

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 63-year-old woman develops progressive pain, tenderness, and discoloration in the right wrist within several days of undergoing a cardiac catheterization using a radial artery…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen An otherwise healthy male with a history of systolic arterial hypertension presented to the emergency department (ED) with acute onset of upper back pain, stabbing…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 20-year-old woman presented to the emergency room with sudden onset of cold, pale fingers, and discolored spots in the fingertips of the left hand…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 57-year-old left-handed man smoker with hypertension and coronary artery disease presented to the clinic with complaints of left arm pain. He worked predominantly at…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 61-year-old man presented to his primary care physician complaining of worsening intermittent claudication of the right hip, buttock, and calf while trying to walk…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen An 80-year-old man presented with a nonhealing foot ulcer over the base of the left first metatarsal head (Figure 5-1). It had been present for…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 62-year-old woman with a history of smoking presented to the emergency room complaining of acute onset of pain and color change of the left…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 70-year-old man was referred to vascular surgery for a several-year history of bilateral lower extremity calf claudication at one block. His claudication symptoms were…