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Previously healthy 23-year-old man presents with months of worsening rapid regular palpitations and dyspnea.
Case report of a 23-year-old man presenting with rapid, regular palpitations and dyspnea, likely related to a cardiac mass.
Cardiac tumors merit consideration in young patients with unexplained VT and ECG changes; leaves open optimal diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.
A n active, physically fit, and previously healthy 23- year-old man is referred by his family physician to a cardiology clinic with a several-month history of progressively worsening episodes of palpitations associated with dyspnea. He reports experiencing brief episodes almost hourly and describes the palpitations as being extremely rapid and the rhythm as regular.
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Ainsworth et al. (2012) studied this question. A previously healthy 23-year-old man presented with a several-month history of progressively worsening, rapid, regular palpitations and dyspnea.
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