cardiopulmonary pathophysiologic processes
A 65-year-old patient is 8 days post-op after a total knee replacement. The patient suddenly complains of shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pain, and palpitations. On arrival to the emergency department, an EKG revealed new-onset atrial fibrillation. And right ventricular strain pattern – T wave inversions. In the right precordial leads (V1-4) ± the inferior […]