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SUBMITTER: Thompson M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5965413 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thompson Maxwell M Pigott David C DC Gullett John J Gibson Blayke B
Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine 20170316 2
Chest pain is a common complaint evaluated in the emergency department. While chest pain in a 22-year-old patient is typically a complaint of low acuity, high-acuity cases that rival those of the older patient population are well documented. We describe a case of complicated infective endocarditis in which point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) aided the diagnosis of ST-elevation myocardial infarction secondary to a septic thrombus in a 22-year-old female with a history of intravenous drug use. Emerge ...[more]