Sudden Death after PCP Appointment [Gout vs CHF]

Case #164

A patient presented to his primary care office for generalized pain and lower extremity edema.

His medial history included atrial fibrillation, non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, hypertension, gout, Grave’s disease, and alcoholism.

Notably, the patient had carpal tunnel syndrome, and was going to be having surgery in a few days.

He had been instructed to stop ta…