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A physician recently attended a seminar on the clinical presentation of Pheochromocytoma, a rare catecholamine-secreting tumor. The following day, she evaluates a patient with hypertension and palpitations. Despite the statistical rarity of the condition, she immediately prioritizes Pheochromocytoma as the leading diagnosis.
This clinical judgment is most likely driven by which cognitive shortcut?
- Availability heuristic
- Confirmation bias
- Representativeness heuristic
- Algorithmic reasoning
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