82 year old male, in good physical shape, stops at a cafe for lunch after cycling for an hour. Witnesses report a syncopal episode lasting approximately 30 seconds. Patient history significant for prior MI requiring 3 stents. No other significant history. Patient denies any CP, SOB, N/V, lightheadedness. In fact, he denies any complaints at […]
This is the discussion for “70 Year Old Male: Short of Breath“. Tough case. Lots of excellent comments and observations from our readers. Right off the bat, the patient’s presentation offered a major distraction: the recent eye surgery resulting in the old “eye patch presentationâ€. Confounding the situation further was the lack of any cardiac […]
Good morning sports fans! You are dispatched to the residence of a 70 year old male, complaining of “shortness of breathâ€. You pull up to a well kept home, and are met at the front door by the patient’s wife. She tells you that her husband came home from the hospital yesterday after cosmetic eye […]
It’s a sunny winter afternoon when EMS is called to a doctor’s office for “an adult male with possible heart problem.” When you arrive you are led into room #3 where you find a 74 year old male in no apparent distress. His color looks good. You introduce yourself and find out that your patient was […]
This is the discussion for our Snapshot Case involving a 45 year old female complaining of chest pain. Here is the 12 lead for review: There is sinus rhythm at about 75 bpm. Slight ST elevation in V2. Biphasic T wave inversion in V2, inverted T waves in aVL, V3-V5. As we recall, the patient had complained of […]