Abstract:A 68-year-old man, ex-smoker, with a history of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and intermittentclaudication secondary to severe aorto-iliac occlusive disease, was evaluated by a cardiologist for exertionalright-shoulder pain of one year's duration. The pain would typically last approximately five minutes andresolve with cessation of activity. He experienced no similar episodes at rest. There was no retrosternal chestpain, shortness of breath, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, palpitations, transien… Show more
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