Meeting
Abstract Number: 1048
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old right-handed, nonsmoker, otherwise healthy male presented with episodes of vertigo and slurred speech. Vital signs were within normal range and his initial labs were noncontributory. Imaging revealed multifocal acute and subacute infarcts in the postero-occipital areas. Extensive workup did not reveal any arrhythmias, valvular abnormalities, patent foramen ovale, aortic or carotid […]
Abstract Number: 1048
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old female, otherwise healthy, initially presented to the hospital for acute onset of chest pain and weakness for several hours. She described it as the worst pain of her life, located in the midsternal chest, associated with shortness of breath and nausea. This pain and discomfort started during an interrogation from the […]