Practice Management
An 18-year-old male presents with chest pain with coughing for one day. The patient has no known medical history. View the ECG captured above and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.
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Identifying Risk Factors in Preparticipation Physicals for Young Athletes Urgent message: Doctors in the US and Europe are divided over what the cardiovascular component of a proper sports physical should include. Here is a reasonable approach. NATHAN P. NEWMAN, MD, FAAFP Sudden death in young athletes is not new. In 490 BC, when the Greeks improbably defeated the invading Persians at Marathon, a young herald, Phidippides, ran 25 miles back to Athens to announce the …
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