Cardiology Cases & Quizzes

• Fast Five Quiz: Confronting Obesity Are you familiar with the latest guidelines and advice on how to manage the care of patients who are obese? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 05, 2023
• Skill Checkup: Woman With Pitting Edema of Bilateral Extremities A woman with a history of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and smoking presents with dyspnea, pruritus, and pitting edema of bilateral extremities. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, December 05, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: HFrEF How much do you know about the presentation, workup, and treatment of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 01, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Heart Failure Comorbidities How much do you know about comorbidities occurring with heart failure? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 01, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A 65-Year-Old Man With Racing Heart Rate A 65-year-old man presents with complaints of progressively increasing shortness of breath on moderate exertion, which began approximately 2 weeks earlier, and racing heart rate. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, November 29, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Prognostic Markers of Heart Failure How familiar are you with prognostic markers of heart failure? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, November 29, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Heart Failure Management Are you familiar with current heart failure treatment guidelines? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, November 29, 2023
• 25-Year-Old With Joint Pain and Lightheadedness A 25-year-old presents with lightheadedness, dyspnea, vague joint aches, and fatigue. Her husband recalls that she had an itchy rash after playing outside with their kids. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, November 22, 2023
• ECG Challenge: Heart Racing and Cellulitis A patient with diabetes is admitted for cellulitis, and his heart is racing. What's going on?
  Medscape Cardiology, November 20, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: HFrEF Treatment Optimization How familiar are you with treatment optimization for HFrEF? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, November 16, 2023
• Skill Checkup: Man With Worsening HF Symptoms A 54-year-old Black man presents with a history of heart failure. Despite treatment, he is experiencing worsening symptoms, such as dyspnea and occasional nocturnal cough. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, November 16, 2023
• Hematologic Complications After Femoral Fracture Surgery During the course of her postoperative hospital stay, a gradual decline in her platelet count is noted.
  Medscape, November 15, 2023
• ECG Challenge: C diff Infection With Irregular Pulse While being treated for a C diff infection, a patient with COPD is found to have an irregular pulse. What does his ECG show?
  Medscape Cardiology, November 02, 2023
• Managing Dyslipidemia in 50-Year-Old Man With Hypothyroidism A 50-year-old man with primary hypothyroidism is referred by his primary care physician to a cardiologist for evaluation of high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. How would you manage his case?
  American College of Cardiology & Medscape , October 31, 2023
• 35-Year-Old With Confusion and Headache A 35-year-old man presents with a headache, fatigue, fever, chills, and diffuse anterior chest wall pain, which he describes as soreness. His wife notes that he is confused. Do you know what's wrong?
  Medscape, October 23, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Thromboembolism Test your knowledge of the symptoms, workup, diagnosis, and treatment for venous thromboembolism with this short quiz.
  Medscape, October 20, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: COVID-19 Vaccines Currently available vaccines have been reformulated to better address variants of concern; are you up on the most current guidance about COVID-19 vaccines? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, October 06, 2023
• 19-Year-Old With Vision Problems and Headache A 19-year-old woman presents with a 5-month history of diffuse headaches. She also has had transient visual obscurations and pulsatile tinnitus in both ears for the past month. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, October 03, 2023
• ECG Challenge: Palpitations With Heavy Drinking When a college student experiences palpitations during a night out, he visits the health service. What does his ECG show?
  Medscape Cardiology, September 21, 2023
• Rapid Rx Quiz: Rheumatoid Arthritis Do you know important clinical considerations for rheumatoid arthritis? Test yourself with this short quiz.
  Medscape, September 15, 2023