Also known as: Blood cancer
A teenage daughter with stage 4 leukemia who needs a bone marrow transplant within a year. Her mother is pregnant with a donor-matched baby to save her life, creating the central ethical and medical conflict of the episode.
Also known as: Pregnancy-related heart failure
Pregnant mother at 21 weeks with history of peripartum cardiomyopathy from previous pregnancy, now in acute heart failure. She requires emergency LVAD surgery performed off-bypass to save both her and the fetus, but ultimately loses the baby.
Also known as: Heart attack
Patient with right inferior STEMI who undergoes cardiac catheterization and stenting but later dies from a massive pulmonary embolism that was initially misdiagnosed, causing Dr. Manning to question her clinical judgment.
Also known as: Blood clot in lung
The actual cause of death for Mr. Walker, revealed on autopsy. The missed diagnosis creates professional tension and self-doubt for Dr. Manning.
Also known as: A-fib
Patient case used by Dr. Stohl to test medical students for residency positions. Noah Sexton uses the patient's fitness app to determine when the arrhythmia began, allowing for safe cardioversion.
Also known as: Psychosis
Dr. Charles' daughter presenting with auditory hallucinations (hearing rats in walls). She undergoes psychiatric evaluation by Dr. Reese and is ultimately involuntarily admitted by her father, damaging their relationship and creating conflict about treatment boundaries.