Acute dyspnoea two days after chest pain

A 75-year-old female with dyspnoea and chest pain.

CORRESPONDENCE: B. Van de Maele, Respiratory Division, Henri Serruys Hospital, Kaı̈rostraat 84, B-8400 Oostende, Belgium. Fax: 32 59555792. E-mail: [email protected] *Respiratory Division, Dept of Surgery, and Dept of Pathology, Henri Serruys Hospital, and Torhoutsesteenweg 51, B-8400, Oostende, Belgium. Eur Respir J 2005; 25: 768–770 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00110904 Copyright ERS...

A female with cough, dyspnoea and chest pain.

A 42-yr-old female presented with complaints of cough, dyspnoea and chest pain for 2 months. She was living in the eastern part of Turkey. As a child, she lived in the countryside, and her family earned their living by raising cattle. She has lived in the city for 10 yrs and did not have any animals in her house. There was neither sputum nor haemoptysis. She had lost weight, y3 kg in 4 months. ...

Fainting After Chest Pain.

UNLABELLED Variant angina presenting acute chest pain and ST elevation on electrocardiogram accounts for an underdiagnosed scenario in acute coronary syndrome and contributes to syncope as a consequence of ventricular arrhythmia. Here, we report a case of a 48-year-old man with a recent onset of chest pain and palpitations followed by syncope. Holter monitoring documented 2 episodes of evolving...

Acute chest pain and paraparesis.

Acute and Chronic Chest Pain

1. To understand the differential diagnosis of chest pain requiring cardiac surgical consultation. 2. To understand the physiology of and rationality for medical treatment of ischemic coronary artery disease. 3. To differentiate acute aortic dissection from myocardial infarction in the emergency setting. 4. To understand initial stabilization of the patient with aortic dissection. 5. To recogni...