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A case from the library

Chest pain in a 29-year-old man

CardiologyHard

Andre Wallace

29 years · Male

Vitals

Heart rate
122 bpm
Blood pressure
112/70 mmHg
Resp. rate
22 /min
SpO₂
96%
Temperature
100.6 °F

How hard it is

A rare condition, or a common one presenting unusually. The standard questions and tests won't get you there; you'll need to spot what doesn't fit.

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Source

Adapted from a case report published in Case Reports in Cardiology, under the CC BY 4.0 license. The patient's name and some details are invented; the clinical picture follows the report. The report names the diagnosis.