The Case ∣ A woman with persistent chest pain and palpitations after coronary stenting
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Woman With Persistent ECG Abnormalities After Chest Pain Resolves
A 56-year-old woman with chest pain and emesis is brought to the hospital by ambulance. En route, the pain resolves after nitrates, morphine, and aspirin are administered. Results of a physical examination are normal. A 12-lead ECG is obtained; the tracing is shown here. Serum markers are measured every 4 hours; all levels are normal. Although the patient remains pain-free, the findings on a se...
متن کاملCASE REPORT A young woman with chest pain
A case of a previously fit young woman admitted with chest pain, who was found at coronary angiography to have dissection of the left main stem which extended to the left anterior descending and circumflex coronary arteries, is presented. Emergency coronary artery bypass grafting was performed (vein grafts to the left anterior descending, the diagonal, and circumflex arteries). The patient made...
متن کاملA young woman with chest pain.
A case of a previously fit young woman admitted with chest pain, who was found at coronary angiography to have dissection of the left main stem which extended to the left anterior descending and circumflex coronary arteries, is presented. Emergency coronary artery bypass grafting was performed (vein grafts to the left anterior descending, the diagonal, and circumflex arteries). The patient made...
متن کاملChest pain and palpitations: taking a closer look.
This case highlights the importance of considering a wide differential diagnosis in a young patient with chest pain and an abnormal ECG. Rarer causes of myocarditis such as GCM should be sought in patients who develop ventricular arrhythmias or high-grade heart block because the treatment is different and dramatically influences outcome. Our patient is the first reported case of GCM and a concu...
متن کاملIllness perception among patients with chest pain and palpitations before and after negative cardiac evaluation
UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Patients with chest pain or palpitations often have poor outcomes following a negative cardiac evaluation, with symptom persistence, limitations in everyday activities, and reduced health-related quality of life. The aims of this study were to evaluate illness perceptions before and after negative cardiac evaluations and measure the ability of a self-report questionnair...
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عنوان ژورنال: Kidney International
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0085-2538
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.120