Syncope in an Otherwise Healthy 74-Year-Old Woman.

Autor: Kattih Z; Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY. Electronic address: zkattih@northwell.edu., Fernandes M; Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY., Alvarez Villela MA; Department of Cardiology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY., Machnicki S; Department of Radiology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY., Altschul E; Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Chest [Chest] 2024 Sep; Vol. 166 (3), pp. e79-e82.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.03.043
Abstrakt: Case Presentation: A 74-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and peripheral artery disease and a reported diagnosis of sarcoidosis presents for an episode of syncope and shortness of breath. She had a history of sarcoidosis diagnosed on chest radiography that showed lymphadenopathy. There were no associated symptoms, and she was not previously treated for sarcoidosis. She previously smoked and had quit smoking 9 years earlier.
Competing Interests: Financial/Nonfinancial Disclosures None declared.
(Copyright © 2024 American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE