High Blood Pressures
Journal Title: Journal of Anesthesia and Surgery - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
60 year old male with no past medical or surgical history presented to the Emergency Room with sudden onset dyspnea and palpitations. For the past 2 weeks, he had been experiencing include intermittent headaches, palpitations, anxiety, and occasional shortness of breath on exertion, which is what brought him to the hospital. This morning, his wife noted increased anxiety leading to “he can’t catch his breath.” Work up includes an Electrocardiogram, cardiac enzymes, chest x-ray, stress test, and transthoracic echocardiography, all of which were normal.
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Timothy Nguyen
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