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In the objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE), you are likely to get at least one station related to the cardiovascular system. This may include a detailed history with relevant physical examination station. Chest pain is a very common and important station for OSCE. I must say, you should master all the possible chest pain cases. You should practice very well cardiac and non-cardiac chest pain cases with or without cardiovascular examination and management.
This chapter outlines a few important cardiovascular cases. In the beginning of the chapter, there is an overview of the history taking, followed by cardiac examination and some common cardiovascular presentations.
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Sherazi, M.H. (2019). The Cardiovascular System. In: Sherazi, M., Dixon, E. (eds) The Objective Structured Clinical Examination Review . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95444-8_4
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