Meeting
Abstract Number: 455
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: An 18 year old Spanish speaking male from Honduras presented following a motor vehicle accident. Initial assessment in the ED included a CXR and bedside Echocardiogram which noted cardiomegaly and a reduced EF of 15%. Patient reports experiencing headaches, blurry vision, palpitations, and non-radiating left sided chest pressure intermittently over the last four […]
Abstract Number: 699
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 44-year-old man with bicuspid aortic valve and atrial flutter was admitted to the hospital with dyspnea and found to have cardiogenic shock with rapid atrial fibrillation. He received inotropic agents, afterload reducing agents, and cardiac resynchronization therapy, resulting in improvement in symptoms and systolic function. Physical examination demonstrated vigorous carotid pulsations, known […]
Abstract Number: 1174
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 12-year-old boy presents with 8 days of chest pain. He describes the pain as sudden onset, stabbing, located over his left chest with radiation to his right chest and left flank. The pain initially lasts between 5 to 10 minutes, but has been increasing in duration to span the entire day. The […]