| Presented by: | The Southern Medical Association |
| Lecturer | Anil Patel, MD, Harsh Patel, MD, and Anush Patel, MD |
| Approximate duration: | 1 hr. |
| Summary points: | This text-only, case study-based CME topic features the case of a 43-year-old African-American male who presents with retrosternal chest pain, dyspnea on exertion, and lower extremity oedema for 3 days. The authors describe his physical examination and laboratory tests, and discuss the challenges in diagnosing thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. |
| Accreditation: | The Southern Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Southern Medical Association designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.
URL for CME: http://www.sma.org/smj/cmearticles/cme_credit.cfm?smjid=126
Expiration date: May 1, 2010. |
| Other: | Text-only CME. |