Abstract
When evaluating a cardiac patient, the present illness, medical history, surgical history, family history, social history, and review of systems are dutifully recorded along with the physical exam, ECG, chest x‐ray, and routine blood tests and urinalysis. Copyright © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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