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Abstract Number: 123
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Unstable Angina (UA) is a common subset of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and presents as atypical chest pain without the presence of cardiac biomarkers. It accounts for nearly 550,000 hospital admissions each year in the United States [1]. Management of UA can vary depending on the physician and/or intensity of symptoms. Prior studies have […]
Abstract Number: 330
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: An 85-year-old female with a medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia and tobacco abuse presented to the ED with a several day history of intermittent, non-radiating substernal chest pain that occurred at rest. Physical exam revealed normal vital signs, regular cardiac rhythm, no murmurs or gallops, clear lungs, and no jugular venous distention or […]
Abstract Number: 548
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 27-year-old woman with history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and family history of sudden cardiac death presents to the hospital with complaints of substernal chest pain and palpitations. She has a history of recurrent chest pain following multiple COVID-19 infections. Labs were unremarkable except uncontrolled glucose level. Electrocardiogram demonstrated normal sinus rhythm. […]
Abstract Number: 585
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: An 89-year-old female patient with a medical history of atrial fibrillation, TIA, and colon cancer stage IV for which she started Capecitabine three days before her presentation. She presented to the emergency department with intermittent chest pain that started the next day of starting Capecitabine. She was afebrile; her respiratory rate was 18, […]
Abstract Number: 690
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A thirty-seven year old female with past medical history of hypertension presented with syncope and chest pain. The pain was non-exertional, substernal, pressure like, associated with lightheadedness, dizziness and shortness of breath occurring intermittently for past few days. Her father died from myocardial infarction at age forty-two and she smoked one pack per […]
Abstract Number: 789
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old African-American man with no medical history presented to the emergency department after an episode of sudden onset palpitations and left sided chest pressure lasting an hour. He endorsed radiation of his discomfort to his jaw and left arm as well as accompanying diaphoresis, shortness of breath and pre-syncope. Physical examination was […]