Meeting
Abstract Number: 461
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: Stress cardiomyopathy, also known as takutsubo cardiomyopathy, is a syndrome that causes transient cardiac apical akinesis or hypokinesis with concurrent basal hyperkinesis. This phenomenon occurs in the absence of angiographic evidence of obstructive coronary artery disease, often induced by emotional stress, and usually reverses within a few weeks to months. A rare variant […]
Abstract Number: 662
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 68-year old female with a history of uncomplicated alcohol dependence was brought in by ambulance after a witnessed seizure at home characterized by myoclonus for several minutes and prolonged post-ictal confusion. Upon presentation, she was altered, hypertensive to 183/118, and had a supraventricular tachycardia to the 160s broken with adenosine. The patient […]
Abstract Number: 714
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: As physicians, we frequently engage patients and families in goals of care discussions in the context of advanced serious illnesses. These discussions can be challenging for numerous reasons. We present an atypical case of a woman, who experienced acute onset of confusion, numbness, pre-syncope, chest pain, and abdominal pain, after initiating a discussion […]
Abstract Number: 777
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 67-year-old woman presented with acute substernal chest pain that came on suddenly 10 minutes after she had taken frovatriptan for a migraine. The pain radiated down both arms. Her medications were Frovatriptan and pravastatin. She has taken frovatriptan more than a dozen times with no issues. Family history was positive for coronary […]