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A case from the library

Severe chest pain in a 48-year-old woman

CardiologyMedium

Angela Moretti

48 years · Female

Vitals

Heart rate
82 bpm
Blood pressure
128/80 mmHg
Resp. rate
16 /min
SpO₂
98%
Temperature
98.4 °F

How hard it is

A real-world presentation with one or two atypical features. You'll need targeted questions and the right test to narrow the differential.

The diagnosis is not shown here. Finding it is the case.

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Source

Adapted from a case report published in European Heart Journal. Case Reports, 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.