Case studies

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1. Extra case studies

• 1. Heart failure
• 2. Valvular heart disease
• 3. Ischaemic heart disease
• 4. Arrhythmias (1)
• 5. Arrhythmias (2)
• 6. Haemorrhage and shock
• 7. Hypertension
• 8. Pulmonary embolism

2. Case Studies from the book

• 1. A young lady with pleuritic chest pain and shortness of breath
• 2. An elderly woman with a racing heart
• 3. Diseased heart valve
• 4. A young man with a new murmur
• 5. Jugular venous pressure up to the jaw
• 6. ‘I think he’s having a heart attack’
• 7. A middle-aged smoker with chest tightness
• 8. A young woman with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension