Case Presentation: A 65‐year‐old man with a medical history significant for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy presented with a 3‐week history of mid‐sternal chest pain, fevers, and sweats. His primary care physician sent him to the emergency department after outpatient blood cultures returned positive for S. viridans. He denied recent dental procedures, surgeries, or cough. Physical exam revealed […]

Case Presentation: A 30-year-old male with history of illicit drug abuse presents with refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT) and Torsades de Pointes (TdP). He was previously in a methadone program but was dismissed due to methadone abuse. He then started significant amounts (144 tablets; 288 mg) of loperamide to achieve euphoria. He presented to the ED […]