Cardiology
Clinical Review
Do Asymptomatic Adults Need Screening EKGs?
ECG Challenge
Grad Student With Palpitations
A 24-year-old graduate student presents to the student clinic with a history of palpitations. He first noticed them while snowboarding two months...
Clinical Review
Excessive visceral fat linked to increased risk of CVD, cancer
Major finding: Excessive visceral adipose tissue was associated with a statistically significant increase in risk of cardiovascular disease (HR 1....
Commentary
A Medical Condition - or Psychiatric?
News
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
ECG Challenge
Drug Abuse Follows a Broken Heart
A 26-year-old man is brought to the emergency department (ED) by three friends who hadn’t seen him for two days and went to his apartment to check...
Video
FDA panels revisit rosiglitazone's cardiovascular safety
News
FDA panel supports easing rosiglitazone restrictions
Medicolegal Issues
Failure to Identify Blockage During Catheterization
ECG Challenge
Do Nausea and Vomiting Have Cardiac Cause?
A 58-year-old woman presents with epigastric pain that began gradually about four hours ago, re-maining constant for the past two. She describes...