Breathless, and she can't lie flat
Clinical caseCardiology4 min
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A 74-year-old woman with a 15-year history of COPD and a myocardial infarction two years ago is brought in at 02:10, unable to lie flat, with pink frothy sputum. Sats climb slowly on high-flow oxygen.