A case of cardiac arrest in a 70-year-old woman whose initial presentation was diarrhea

What is it about?

This is a case highlighting the role of diagnostic echocardiography in understanding the etiology of this patient's cardiac arrest, and determining the appropriate course of therapy

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Why is it important?

This case is important for the role diagnostic echocardiography played in determining the time-course and etiology of the cardiovascular disease that led to cardiac arrest in this patient, and subsequently the appropriate course of therapy following resuscitation to prevent further decompensation.