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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…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 72-year-old Caucasian man presented 1 week after an episode where he spontaneously dropped a cigarette he was holding in his right hand. He had…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 50-year-old man presented with a 1-year history of worsening fatigue and bitemporal headaches. He denied focal neurologic symptoms, but complained of constant dizziness which…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 57-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with left arm and leg weakness that resolved after 2 hours. She had a similar episode…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 43-year-old man presented with no relevant past medical, family or social history except for 1 pack-a-day tobacco use. Several-week history of right fourth- or…