Mr. Potter's Angina
 
Symptoms & History

Physical Findings

Stop & Think

Lab and X-Ray

Differential Diagnosis

The Disease

Treatment

Conclusions

Quiz & Evaluation

Mr. Potter provides the following additional history.
  • He has had no previous serious illnesses. 
  • Hospitalized at age 43 for an appendectomy.
  • He's not a smoker.
  • Both his parents died in their 60's, his father with a stroke, his mother with complications of diabetes.
  • He's on no medication. (Is aspirin really a medicine?)
  • His problems with urination have been getting worse over several years.
  • The back pain has bothered him for several months, but now it has become quite limiting.
  • His exertional angina and postural hypotension have gotten worse in the past few weeks.
  • He thinks his weight has remained stable.
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