PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 55-year-old man with hypertension, diabetes mellitus and recent drug eluting stent placement to left anterior descending (LAD) artery after suffering a myocardial infarction comes…
PATIENT CASE: PART 1 Print Section Listen A 51-year-old African American man presents to the emergency department (ED) with a chief complaint of dyspnea and swelling. He has a history…
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 55-year-old man with past medical history significant for hypertension (HTN), hyperlipidemia, and type 2 diabetes mellitus, was admitted to the coronary care unit 3…
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 61-year-old man with a history of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) from underlying coronary artery disease (CAD) presents with increasing symptoms of…
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 63-year-old female with a history of diabetes, prior myocardial infarction, and an ischemic cardiomyopathy with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 35% presents to…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The use of mechanical support in acute left ventricular failure can provide temporary circulatory support and is most commonly utilized in the setting of acute myocardial…
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen Mr. K is a 63-year-old Caucasian man with history of coronary artery disease (CAD) with previous coronary interventions of stent implantations in the left anterior…
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 65-year-old man with a past medical history of coronary artery disease (CAD), diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension (HTN) presents with a 1-month history of…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen In 1785, Sir William Withering first described the leaves from the common foxglove plant, Digitalis purpurea, as a treatment for heart failure (HF) and arrhythmia in…
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 74-year-old man had been in his usual health and able to perform activities of daily living (including walking 1 block) until about 3 weeks…
