71-Year-Old Man With Progressive Dyspnea on Exertion

A 71-year-old man presented to the emergency department complaining of 5 months of slowly progressive exertional dyspnea, worsened in the past 3 days. He was a lifelong nonsmoker who had been generally healthy until 6 months before presentation, when nonsevere COVID-19 infection developed. One month later, he suffered a fall with cervical spinal trauma, and thereafter he experienced persistent neck pain. Around the time of the fall, he noticed new exertional dyspnea, which then progressed and came to be associated with orthopnea.
Source: Mayo Clinic Proceedings - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Tags: Residents ’ clinic Source Type: research