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Case 2: a patient with an intermittent racing heartbeat
V E Friedewald1, J P Ornato, B Olshansky
1American Medical Communications, Inc, Houston, Texas 77032, USA.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|December 22, 1999
Abstract:
Most clinicians currently rely on patient history and specific electrocardiographic criteria to establish the diagnosis of arrhythmias. However, as illustrated by this case, the physical examination-especially auscultation of the first heart sound-can also provide useful diagnostic clues.