Cardiology Cases & Quizzes

• Patient Simulation: A 49-Year-Old Man With HIV and CVD Risk A 49-year-old man would like to discuss his medications and manage his comorbidities. How would you advise this patient?
  Medscape, May 25, 2022
• ECG Challenge: Cardiac Patient With Slow Heartbeat and Fatigue A man with controlled tachycardia visits the emergency department with fatigue and a slow heartbeat. What does the ECG reveal?
  Medscape Cardiology, May 24, 2022
• Rapid Review Quiz: Alcohol Use and Abuse Avoiding carcinogens is a key step in cancer prevention. Review the latest research into physical, chemical, and biological carcinogens, including newly recognized substances, with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 20, 2022
• A Patient Who Collapsed in Agony After Echocardiography A middle-aged man has intense, sudden-onset pain in his flank and lumbar region. He had just completed an echocardiogram and collapsed in the hallway. Do you know what's wrong?
  Medscape, May 19, 2022
• A 33-Year-Old Woman Trying to Conceive Has Dyspnea, Pain A 33-year-old woman presents with shortness of breath 1 week after in vitro fertilization. She has abdominal pain, distention, nausea, and nonbloody, nonbilious vomiting. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, May 19, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: PAOD Signs and Symptoms Can you recognize the signs and symptoms of peripheral arterial occlusive disease? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 17, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: PAH Presentation and Diagnosis How familiar are you with pulmonary arterial hypertension? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 17, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension How familiar are you with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 17, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Type 2 Diabetes and Dyslipidemia How familiar are you with type 2 diabetes? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 16, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity and Weight Management How familiar are you with type 2 diabetes? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 16, 2022
• Rapid Rx Quiz: Diabetes Drugs Given how critical medication is for patients with diabetes, do you know key clinical information about the most commonly used drugs? Test yourself with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 13, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Drowning and Water-Related Health Concerns With temperatures heating up and swimming on the rise, do you know key clinical information about water-related health concerns like drowning and infection? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 13, 2022
• Recurrent Atypical Chest Pain in a 62-Year-Old Woman A 62-year-old woman presents with atypical chest pain and mild shortness of breath manifesting with recurring, fleeting, dull, nonradiating pain, seemingly caused by high-stress environments. What's going on?
  American College of Cardiology & Medscape , May 09, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis Management How familiar are you with the management of coronary artery atherosclerosis? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 06, 2022
• Rapid Review Quiz: Intermittent Fasting Intermittent fasting is an increasingly popular weight-loss strategy, but what does the evidence say? Make sure you know the latest about the efficacy of intermittent fasting with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 06, 2022
• Facial Spasms in a Man Recently Released From the Hospital After a recent hospitalization for a hemicranial headache, a man presents with right hemifacial spasms and diplopia with binocular vision. Do you know what's wrong?
  Medscape, May 05, 2022
• Skill Checkup: Man With Dyspnea, Rales, and Ankle Swelling A 71-year-old man with a history of chronic heart failure presents with dyspnea, rales, and ankle swelling that developed over the past week. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, May 02, 2022
• A Coffee Drinker With Sudden-Onset Dyspnea, Tachycardia A 40-year-old man has palpitations and shortness of breath. He denies having any chest pain, nausea, vomiting, diaphoresis, light-headedness, or recent illness. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, April 28, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Type 2 Diabetes and Cerebrovascular Disease How familiar are you with type 2 diabetes? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, April 27, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Type 2 Diabetes Management How familiar are you with type 2 diabetes? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, April 27, 2022