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A 60-year-old man with a history of hypertension and prior myocardial infarction presented with facial swelling and cyanosis.
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A case report describing the presentation of a 60-year-old man with facial swelling, cyanosis, and a history of cardiovascular disease.
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Clinicians should evaluate for vascular complications in similar post-MI patients; this case report leaves open generalizability.
Presentation of CaseA 60-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of facial swelling and cyanosis.There was a history of hypertension and impaired glucose tolerance that dated back 17 years. Seven years before admission the patient entered another hospital because of an inferior myocardial infarct complicated by a brief episode of cardiac arrest, from which he recovered uneventfully. On admission to that hospital the blood pressure was 190/100 mm Hg, and x-ray examination of the chest revealed no evidence of cardiac enlargement. Twenty-six months before entry he was readmitted to the same hospital because of the development of . . .
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Cabot et al. (1987) conducted a case report in Facial swelling and cyanosis (n=1). A 60-year-old man with a history of hypertension and prior myocardial infarction presented with facial swelling and cyanosis.
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