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A 65 year-old male presents to the office with chest pain.  For the past 2 years, he experienced the same pain about once every 2 months.  Although the pain was brought on by exertion, it had always relieved completely with rest after a few minutes.  In the past week, he has had 3 episodes of the same pain, but the most recent episode this morning lasted 10 minutes and didn’t resolve completely. What is the next step in evaluation of this patient?

A resting tremor is associated most commonly with which disease?

Which EKG finding is most commonly associated with hypomagnesemia?

Of the following, which is the most common cause of pericarditis?

A crescendo-decrescendo, grade I/VI, early systolic murmur is found in an asymptomatic patient. It is best heard in the left 2nd ICS and along the left sternal border when supine. It does not radiate and disappears with sitting. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

Which of the following is the BEST choice to treat a patient with NKDA who is diagnosed with a UTI during pregnancy? 

Agranulocytosis is a rare but serious side effect of which of the following medications?

Which of the following types of colon polyps has the highest risk of progressing to colon cancer?

A 60 year-old female who is s/p MI is diagnosed with constrictive pericarditis. Which of the following findings would support that diagnosis? 

In a patient with heart failure, which of the following comorbidities has the worst prognosis?