Also known as: Heart transplant rejection
Peter undergoes heart transplantation but immediately experiences hyperacute rejection, requiring the donor heart to be removed and replaced with an artificial heart while he awaits another donor.
Also known as: GCM
Dan has been treated for giant cell myocarditis for six months with progressively worsening heart failure. He goes into cardiac arrest and requires ECMO support before ultimately receiving a heart transplant through manipulated antibody levels.
Also known as: Stroke
Rachel becomes unconscious in the waiting room due to a clot blocking the Artery of Percheron, affecting her reticular activating system. The clot was caused by a DVT related to smoking while on birth control pills, with a patent foramen ovale allowing the clot to reach her brain.
Also known as: DVT
Rachel developed a DVT from smoking while taking birth control pills, which ultimately caused her stroke through a patent foramen ovale.
Also known as: PFO, hole in the heart
Rachel has an undiagnosed PFO that allowed a DVT clot to pass from the venous to arterial circulation, causing her stroke.
Also known as: Lung infection
Sam, a long-term TBI patient, develops pneumonia from an improperly maintained tracheostomy tube. The case reveals his mother's intentional neglect as she attempted to end his life through withholding care.
Also known as: Head trauma
Sam sustained a severe TBI five years ago in a surfing accident at age 22, leaving him in a persistent vegetative state requiring full-time care from his mother.
Also known as: Unknown pregnancy
A 55-year-old postmenopausal woman on HRT presents with back pain and nausea, only to discover she is pregnant and in active labor, delivering a healthy baby girl.
Also known as: CHF
Dr. Reese's father has Class Three heart failure and is being evaluated for heart transplant, but Dr. Charles identifies him as having antisocial personality disorder which may disqualify him.
Also known as: Sociopathy
Dr. Charles diagnoses Dr. Reese's father with a malignant form of antisocial personality disorder based on PET scan findings, which becomes a contraindication for heart transplant and drives conflict between Charles and Reese.
Also known as: Head trauma
A 23-year-old male motorcyclist without a helmet suffers massive brain hemorrhaging and becomes brain dead, becoming an organ donor whose heart is contested between two patients.