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Racing heart

Easy

8 min station · 2 min reading · Recommended for Notre Dame Year 2 students

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2 min reading · 8 min station · reminders at 1 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in general practice. Your next patient is Ricardo Santos, 24, presenting with a month of episodes of a racing heart.

  1. Take a focused history

  2. Outline to the examiner:

    • Your most likely diagnosis and differentials
  • You do not need to examine the patient
  • You do not need to summarise your findings to the examiner
  • The examiner will ask you one question at the end

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