Solve exciting clinical cases specific to your field of interest via Docplexus’ Clinical Case Challenge. Join your fellow doctors to discuss and answer today’s challenge! Case presentation A 56-year-old male patient, habitual to heavy smoking, presented with typical chest pain that worsened 2 hours before admission. He had no other comorbidities.
The patient was hemodynamically stable but had respiratory distress in terms of tachypnea and hypoxemia. The figure showed the successful recanalization by using an everolimus drug-eluting stent. Vital signs Blood pressure: 135/90 mmHg Heart rate: 50 beats/min with a regular pulse SpO2: 75% on room air Physical examination Elevated jugular venous pressure, bilateral chest crepitation up to mid-chest zones, and unremarkable cardiac auscultation findings Source: Case Reports Cardiology *This case challenge is from Docplexus Editorial Team for…
