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An 82-year-old woman is admitted overnight with a fractured neck of femur after a fall at home. She has had no chest pain, breathlessness or palpitations. Preop…
Acute Care · Pre-internship · niche
A 54-year-old man presents to a metropolitan hospital with a catheter laboratory after seventy minutes of central chest pain, which is continuing. His blood pre…
Acute Care · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 66-year-old man has had ninety minutes of central chest pain with sweating. His electrocardiogram shows 3 mm ST elevation in leads II, III and aVF with ST dep…
Acute Care · Pre-internship · niche
A 62-year-old man with treated hypertension develops severe pain between his shoulder blades while carrying a bag of potting mix. It was as bad in the first few…
Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 63-year-old man with two hours of chest pain has 3 mm of ST elevation in leads II, III and aVF. He is alert but cold and clammy. Pulse is 52 beats per minute…
Acute Care · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 58-year-old man has had constant central chest heaviness for 70 minutes, radiating to his left arm, with sweating and nausea. The pain is unchanged by posture…
Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 56-year-old man develops sharp central chest pain 36 hours after an uncomplicated inferior myocardial infarction. The pain is worse when he lies flat or takes…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 64-year-old man is recovering in hospital four days after an inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary interventi…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 66-year-old man is admitted with melaena from a duodenal ulcer and undergoes successful endoscopic haemostasis. He has taken aspirin 100 mg daily since a myoc…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 62-year-old woman is reviewed three months after a large anterior myocardial infarction. She has mild exertional breathlessness but no recurrent chest pain; t…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common
A 71-year-old man is monitored after an inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. He becomes dizzy but remains conscious; the ECG shows regular P waves at 84…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common
A 78-year-old man presents with an anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction at a hospital where primary percutaneous coronary intervention cannot be delivere…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 64-year-old man becomes hypotensive shortly after reperfusion of an inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. He is distressed but has clear breath sounds,…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common
A 59-year-old woman develops sharp central chest pain two days after an uncomplicated ST-elevation myocardial infarction. She says it is worse when she takes a…
Cardiovascular · Mechanisms of disease · middle twist
A 67-year-old man is recovering on the fourth day after an inferior myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention. He suddenly d…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common
A 59-year-old man presents 90 minutes after onset of severe central chest pain with sweating and nausea. The ECG shows 3 mm ST-segment elevation in leads II, II…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist