Case Presentation: A 50 year-old man presented with left sided weakness. His history was notable for type 2 diabetes mellitus, peripheral arterial disease, and prior unprovoked deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of his right femoral vein that was not anti-coagulated due economic barriers.He received tissue plasminogen activator for a right middle cerebral artery occlusion, in addition […]

Case Presentation: An 87-year-old man with medical history significant for hypertension, non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (anticoagulated on Rivaroxaban) and ventricular tachycardia (recently started on Amiodarone) presented to the emergency room with chest pain. He reported that the pain started insidiously 2 days prior to presentation, pleuritic, sharp, retrosternal and intermittent, associated with diaphoresis and […]