Cardiology Cases & Quizzes

• Syncope, Urinary Retention, and Neuropathy in a 40-Year-Old A 40-year-old man is referred for neurologic evaluation after presenting with peripheral neuropathy. He also reports dizziness associated with a 'daydreaming' feeling. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, February 27, 2023
• 52-Year-Old Has Black Vomit, Diarrhea Post Routine Procedure A 52-year-old woman presents with severe abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, and black vomit. One and a half months prior, she had undergone a laparoscopic procedure. Do you know what's wrong?
  Medscape, February 27, 2023
• Skill Checkup: Women With Treated T2D and Shortness of Breath A 65-year-old woman with a 10-year history of type 2 diabetes and on 1000 mg/day metformin XR since diagnosis complains of shortness of breath and lightheadedness. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, February 23, 2023
• Skill Checkup: Man With T2D Struggling to Lose Weight A 36-year-old man presents for a 3-month follow-up for his type 2 diabetes and is struggling to lose weight. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, February 23, 2023
• ECG Challenge: Longer-Lasting Chest Pains in Cardiac Patient A 67-year-old man visits the ED with chest discomfort, and these episodes have become increasingly long. What does the ECG show?
  Medscape Cardiology, February 22, 2023
• 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, February 22, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Type 2 Diabetes and Peripheral Artery Disease How much do you know about peripheral artery disease and type 2 diabetes? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 22, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Type 2 Diabetes Management How familiar are you with type 2 diabetes? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 22, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Type 2 Diabetes in the Intensive Care Setting How familiar are you with type 2 diabetes in the intensive care setting? Check your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 21, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes How much do you know about glycemic control in type 2 diabetes? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 21, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Imaging How much do you know about imaging in IPF? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 17, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia Presentation and Diagnosis How much do you know about the presentation and diagnosis of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia? Test yourself with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 15, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia How much do you know about heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia? Test yourself with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 15, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A 46-Year-Old Woman With Dyspnea and Dry Cough A 46-year-old woman presents with dyspnea on exertion and a nonproductive cough. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, February 15, 2023
• Statin Use and Gout in Man Put on NSAIDs by Locum Tenens Doc A patient with gout who was taking rosuvastatin is put on an NSAID by a locum tenens doctor. He is subsequently hospitalized after alarming laboratory findings. Do you know what's wrong?
  Medscape, February 13, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A 65-Year-Old Man With Racing Heart Rate A 65-year-old man presents with complaints of progressively increasing shortness of breath on moderate exertion, which began approximately 2 weeks earlier, and racing heart rate. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, February 10, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Treatment of Narcolepsy Are you familiar with the treatment of narcolepsy? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 06, 2023
• Man on Keto Diet Has Severe Diarrhea and Neurogenic Bladder A patient with an elevated creatinine level has had severe diarrhea. It resolved after he began a keto diet but has flared up again. He also has dizziness and neurogenic bladder. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, February 06, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Chronic Kidney Disease Signs and Symptoms Are you able to correctly identify the signs and symptoms of chronic kidney disease? Check your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 03, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Chronic Kidney Disease and Heart Failure How familiar are you with chronic kidney disease and heart failure? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, February 03, 2023