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PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 30-year-old man was involved in a motor vehicle accident. He had rib fractures, a pulmonary contusion, and mild neck pain, but no other injuries….

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 62-year-old Caucasian man presented 1 week after an episode where he spontaneously dropped a cigarette he was holding in his right hand. He immediately…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 58-year-old woman presented 1 week after a single episode of left-eye blindness that lasted 30 seconds. It spontaneously resolved, and she had no further…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 75-year-old man was sent to the noninvasive vascular laboratory for evaluation of patency of his palmar arch prior to possible harvesting of his radial…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 32-year-old man presents with right lower extremity edema, pain, lipodermatosclerosis, and history of recurrent right ankle ulcers. Physical examination demonstrates port-wine stains overlying his…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 50-year-old physician presented to his cardiologist with chest pain. He had a remote history of a redo coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) using the…

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…