Explaining Unexplained Dyspnea
Population
A 63-year-old man with a 10-year history of progressive exertional dyspnea, multiple hospital admissions for…
Design
Case_report
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Implication
Case reports of unexplained dyspnea may inform differentials in complex patients; leaves open generalizability pending systematic study.
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Population
A 63-year-old man (n=1) with a 10-year history of progressive exertional dyspnea, multiple hospital admissions for congestive heart failure ascribed to impaired left ventricular diastolic function, and multiple comorbidities including rate-controlled atrial fibrillation, 90 pack-year tobacco use, dyslipidemia, systemic hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
A clinical case presentation detailing the initial evaluation of a 63-year-old man with multiple comorbidities presenting with unexplained progressive exertional dyspnea.
Cite This Study
Dudzinski et al. (2014) studied this question.