Cardiology Cases & Quizzes

• Muscle Weakness in a 35-Year-Old Ex-Smoker Two months ago, she began to experience difficulty walking, and she had occasional falls while walking.
  Medscape, July 23, 2024
• ECG Challenge: New Beats With a Pacemaker After receiving a pacemaker, this heart failure patient has changes to his ECG. Are these new rhythms normal?
  Medscape Cardiology, July 22, 2024
• Patient Simulation: A 63-Year-Old Woman With Chronic Heart Failure A 63-year-old woman with CAD and chronic heart failure is still breathless despite management. What changes to her treatment would you make?
  Medscape, July 19, 2024
• Skill Checkup: A Woman With HF and Iron Deficiency A 69-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with acutely worsening heart failure (HF) and iron deficiency, requiring inotropic support. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, July 19, 2024
• Rapid Rx Quiz: Uses for NSAIDs Are you aware of the appropriate uses of NSAIDs for your patients — and the uses they should avoid? Test yourself with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, July 17, 2024
• Fast Five Quiz: Bleeding in Patients on Anticoagulants How familiar are you with the management of bleeding in patients on anticoagulants? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, July 12, 2024
• Skill Checkup: A Man With Treated AF and Abdominal Pain A 60-year-old man with a history of treated atrial fibrillation presents with unexplained fatigue and sudden severe back and abdominal pain. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, July 12, 2024
• Expanding Use of GLP-1 RAs for Weight Management Is Medicare's resistance to paying for weight loss medications coming to an end?
  Medscape Family Medicine, July 11, 2024
• Diarrhea in a Patient With a History of Acute Coronary Syndrome The patient reports a 25-year history of heavy tobacco smoking and drinking but quit 8 months ago.
  Medscape, June 28, 2024
• ECG Challenge: Could It Be Another Heart Attack? A man calls 911 with sudden palpitations and lightheadedness. What does an ECG reveal about the cause?
  Medscape Cardiology, June 19, 2024
• Fast Five Quiz: Sarcoidosis Management and Treatment Are you prepared to address sarcoidosis management for patients based on the most recent clinical practice guidelines? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, June 19, 2024
• Skill Checkup: A Man With Treated PsA and Abdominal Pain A 48-year-old man with treated psoriatic arthritis presents with fatigue, weakness, and a dull pain in his upper right abdomen. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, June 18, 2024
• A 29-Year-Old With Raised Lesions and Unintended Weight Loss The patient has experienced weight loss of 10 kg in the past 3 months, accompanied by polyphagia, polydipsia, and polyuria.
  Medscape, June 13, 2024
• Constant Headache and Too Tired to Party A 27-year-old woman who has had constant headaches since she was a teenager presents after falling asleep at work. Her friends say she's always 'too tired to party.' Do you know what's wrong?
  Medscape, May 31, 2024
• Fast Five Quiz: Electrolyte Imbalances Are you familiar with signs of electrolyte imbalances and best practices for workup and treating patients with common electrolyte disturbances? Find out with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 30, 2024
• ECG Challenge: Hyperlipidemia and Irregular Pulse A 48-year-old man with a history of hyperlipidemia has an irregular pulse during a routine check-up. What does the ECG show?
  Medscape Cardiology, May 22, 2024
• Patient Seeking Nondrug Therapy for Hypertension She has made some dietary changes and wants to know whether they have been effective.
  Medscape, May 14, 2024
• Rapid Rx Quiz: Tailored Antihypertensive Medications Are you prepared to speak with patients who might be reluctant to take antihypertensive drugs? Find out with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 14, 2024
• Severe Ulcerations in Extremities A 50-year-old woman treated for recurrent UTIs has necrotic ulceration of her bilateral upper and lower extremities. A week prior, she developed right wrist drop and left-sided foot drop. What's wrong?
  Medscape, May 14, 2024
• Fast Five Quiz: Presentation and Treatment of Systemic Amyloidosis Are you up-to-date on the presentation, diagnosis, comorbidities, and treatment associated with the various types of systemic amyloidosis? Find out with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 12, 2024