Fifty-four year old woman with a history of metastatic malignant melanoma

Clinical History 04

Fifty-four year old woman with a history of metastatic malignant melanoma who is being evaluated for a subsequent course of chemotherapy. Her past cardiac history includes an angioplasty to the left circumflex coronary artery eight years prior to this tracing. She is currently asymptomatic. Her cardiac medications included diltiazem and aspirin.
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Seventy-six year old woman with coronary artery disease who underwent an angioplasty

Clinical History 238

Seventy-six year old woman with coronary artery disease who underwent an angioplasty to the right coronary artery ten years prior to this tracing. She now returns for cardiology outpatient follow-up in the setting of recurrent angina pectoris. Her past medical history includes an embolic cerebral vascular accident, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Her cardiac medications included nifedipine, digoxin and sublingual nitroglycerin.
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Sixty-six year old gentleman who presented with an acute chest discomfort syndrome.

Clinical History 220

Sixty-six year old gentleman who presented with an acute chest discomfort syndrome. Serial cardiac enzymes documented a non-0 wave myocardial infarction. Subsequently coronary arteriography was performed demonstrating a severe obstruction in the left circumflex coronary artery. This was followed by successful coronary artery stent placement. Medications at the time of this electrocardiogram included ticlodipine, intravenous heparin, nebulized inhalers and aspirin.
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Seventy-four year old gentleman who presents to the outpatient clinic

Clinical History 196

Seventy-four year old gentleman who presents to the outpatient clinic with accelerating angina pectoris over the past two months. His past medical history includes coronary artery disease, hypertension and hyperlipidemia. His medications included topical nitroglycerin, amlodipine, metoprolol, digoxin and aspirin. A repeat cardiac catheterization demonstrated compromised blood flow to the left circumflex coronary artery territory.
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Eighty year old woman admitted to the hospital with a severe upper respiratory tract infection

Clinical History 170

Eighty year old woman admitted to the hospital with a severe upper respiratory tract infection. She is on no current medications and has no prior cardiac history.
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Eighty-eight year old gentleman with a history of long-standing hypertension

Clinical History 164

Eighty-eight year old gentleman with a history of long-standing hypertension and multi-vessel coronary artery obstructive disease who is recently status post coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
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Seventy-two year old woman with a history of insulin requiring diabetes mellitus

Clinical History 144

Seventy-two year old woman with a history of insulin requiring diabetes mellitus who is accepted in hospital transfer with the suspected diagnosis of status epilepticus. The patient was diagnosed with a metabolic encephalopathy. Her neurological status failed to improve and she subsequently expired.
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Sixty-one year old gentleman with insulin requiring diabetes mellitus

Clinical History 134

Sixty-one year old gentleman with insulin requiring diabetes mellitus who presented to the hospital with a 24 hour history of fatigue, chills and weakness. A subsequent evaluation included positive blood cultures for a gram negative organism.
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Seventy-three year old gentleman admitted acutely to the hospital with profound shortness

Clinical History 109

Seventy-three year old gentleman admitted acutely to the hospital with profound shortness of breath and a blood pressure of 215/130. The patient was intubated. His past medical history includes an abdominal aortic aneurysm, hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Medications at the time of this electrocardiogram included minoxidil, isosorbide mononitrate, furosemide and inhalers.
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Thirty-four year old woman with a persistent ectopic atrial rhythm felt

Clinical History 92

Thirty-four year old woman with a persistent ectopic atrial rhythm felt to represent a supraventricular tachyarrhythmia who is being seen in the outpatient cardiology clinic priorto planned sinus node radiofrequency ablation. Her medications included verapamil.
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Eighty-one year old woman with a chest discomfort syndrome often years duration accepted

Clinical History 40

Eighty-one year old woman with a chest discomfort syndrome often years duration accepted in transfer from an outside hospital. Further evaluation confirmed the presence of unstable angina and the patient subsequently underwent cardiac catheterization and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty to the left anterior descending coronary artery. Medications at the time of her hospital transfer included triamterene/ hydrochlorothiazide, metoprolol and ibuprofen.
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Sixty-one year old gentleman with ischemic heart disease

Clinical History 36

Sixty-one year old gentleman with ischemic heart disease, severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction and prior coronary artery bypass graft surgery who presents for cardiology clinic follow-up. Co-morbid conditions include severe peripheral vascular disease and hyperlipidemia. His medications included warfarin, lisinopril, digoxin and furosemide.
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Seventy-two year old woman with advanced emphysema referred

Clinical History 14

Seventy-two year old woman with advanced emphysema referred for possible lung reduction surgery. An echocardiogram performed three years prior to this electrocardiogram demonstrated normal left ventricular systolic function. By history there was no evidence of a prior myocardial infarction. Medications at the time of this electrocardiogram included theophylline and inhaled bronchodilators.
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