Background: Microaggressions, defined as verbal or non-verbal communications that convey hostility, invalidation or insult based on an individual’s marginalized status in society, are ubiquitous and harmful in health care and medical training. They occur between and among patients, families, and interprofessional providers of all levels. Prior work has shown that microaggressions can pollute the clinical [...]

Case Presentation: A 40 year-old man presented to the hospital with a six-hour history of worsening palpitations accompanied by diaphoresis and non-radiating, retrosternal chest pain. He had been diagnosed with pre-excitation on ECG three years prior and reported a longtime history of recurrent palpitations. At the time of his diagnosis he declined any further studies. [...]