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This chapter presents a patients study of a 27‐year‐old man was admitted to hospital in 1973 with hemoptysis for 5 days. It provides the history, physical examination, diagnosis and treatment and follow‐up data of the patient. The patient had a past history of rheumatic fever and had exertional dyspnea since 1968. His ECG in 1973 showed atrial fibrillation and right‐axis deviation. His course shows...
This chapter presents a patient study data of a 40‐year‐old man, who was stabbed in chest in left 4th interspace parasternally, underwent successful pericardial and RV repair. It provides the history, physical examination, diagnosis and treatment and follow‐up data of the patient. A systolic murmur was noted about 1 week later. Patient was a chronic alcoholic and cocaine user. The patient had a high...
This chapter presents the patient study data of a 29‐year‐old man admitted to hospital with progressive exertional dyspnea on walking one block over the last few months. It provides the history, physical examination, laboratory data, and the diagnosis of the patient. As a child he had easy fatigue on playing sports, and no history of rheumatic fever, chest pain, edema, or palpitations. The history...
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