DCM. This type of cardiomyopathy presents with dyspnea, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, ankle edema, and weight gain. A viral prodrome with malaise, flulike illness, or chest pain from ...

Patients with a syndrome of decreased exercise tolerance most frequently present with complaints of generalized fatigue, dyspnea on exertion, orthopnea, and/or paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (dyspnea is ...

Case 1. A.C. (P.A.S.H. 21–59–29), a 62-year-old man, was admitted to the hospital on September 19, 1966, because of paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. In 1957 he was noted to have an aortic diastolic ...

One hundred fifty-three new consecutive patients referred to the HF clinic from September 2001 to July 2002 were included in a database. All patients seen during this period received uniform and ...

An 82 year old male with a history of hypertension presents to the clinic with a complaint of generalized weakness for 3 days. No chest pain, shortness of breath, dyspnea on exertion, lower extremity ...

We often think of heart disease as dramatic — sudden chest pain, collapse, or heart attack. But these days, it hardly is. Rather, it builds up bit by bit with silent symptoms that we tend to either ...