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SUBMITTER: Koci F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4251338 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Koci Florian F Eltibi Rami R Hadley Michelle M Kumar Deepti D
Texas Heart Institute journal 20141201 6
Although chest pain in association with ST-segment electrocardiographic deviation is often indicative of cardiac ischemia, it has also been associated with noncardiac conditions. The case of a 63-year-old woman that we report here is extraordinary because her presentation of "acute abdomen" did not appear severe enough to warrant urgent surgical intervention, whereas the chest pain and electrocardiographic changes (supported by rising troponin levels) created strong clinical suspicion of acute c ...[more]