A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
ISSN 0066-782X
eISSN 1678-4170
Arash Amin, Zohreh Taheri, Mahshid Hesami, Azin Alizahehasl, Zeinab Norouzi
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Arash Amin, Zohreh Taheri, Mahshid Hesami, Azin Alizahehasl, Zeinab Norouzi
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Abstract The final months of 2019 saw the emergence of a new pandemic termed “COVID-19”. Since then, this infection and its complications have been the priority of healthcare providers, with many symptoms attributed to its early and late presentations. Thus far, other diseases, even fatal situations, have been overlooked or misdiagnosed due to the attribution of patient symptoms to the presence of COVID-19 infection. We herein present a case of cardiac angiosarcoma in a young boy who had previously become […]
Keywords: Angiosarcoma/surgery; COVID-19/infection; Diagnostic Errors; Heart Neoplasms; Imaging/methods; Multimodal Imaging/diagnostic
Evandro Tinoco Mesquita
, Mayara Gabriele Toledo
, Rodrigo da Silva Garcia Prieto
, Amanda Cunha Soares
, Eduardo Thadeu de Oliveira Correia
Evandro Tinoco Mesquita
, Mayara Gabriele Toledo
, Rodrigo da Silva Garcia Prieto
, Amanda Cunha Soares
, Eduardo Thadeu de Oliveira Correia
Abstract Clinical reasoning was born 2,500 years ago with Hippocrates, having evolved over the centuries, becoming a mixture of art and science. Several personalities throughout history have contributed to improving diagnostic accuracy. Nonetheless, diagnostic error is still common and causes a severe impact on healthcare systems. To face this challenge, several clinical reasoning models have emerged to systematize the clinical thinking process. This paper describes the history of clinical reasoning and current diagnostic reasoning methods, proposes a new clinical reasoning […]
Keywords: Cardiology; Cardiovascular System; Diagnostic Errors; History of Medicine