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06 / Cardiac Surgery · clerkship

Syncope on the stairs

  1. ED
  2. Investigations
  3. Pre-Op
  4. OR
  5. Ward
  6. Debrief

The murmur that finally spoke

Six months of breathlessness on hills, two episodes of chest tightness, and now a witnessed collapse on the stairs with rapid recovery. The pulse is slow-rising, the apex heaves, and a harsh ejection systolic murmur radiates to both carotids.

Open in 3D: the aortic valve and its outflow

Which feature makes this an urgent referral rather than a routine one?

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