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Chest 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...
متن کاملImages in Cardiovascular Medicine Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, and Palpitations Unmask an Unexpected Diagnosis
A 48-year-old white man was admitted to our hospital because of a sustained wide-complex tachycardia (160 bpm). He presented with chest discomfort, dyspnea, palpitations, and dizziness. Because medical cardioversion with intravenous amiodarone failed, intravenous ajmaline was administered, which successfully resulted in conversion to sinus rhythm. Physical examination and laboratory results rev...
متن کاملNon-cardiac chest pain and benign palpitations in the cardiac clinic.
OBJECTIVES To assess the characteristics of consecutive patients referred from general practice with the presenting disorder of chest pain or palpitations, and to determine the outcome at six months and three years. SETTING A single consultant teaching hospital cardiac clinic receiving new referrals from a health district. DESIGN 94 consecutive referrals by general practitioners to a cardia...
متن کاملChest pain, shortness of breath, and palpitations unmask an unexpected diagnosis.
A 48-year-old white man was admitted to our hospital because of a sustained wide-complex tachycardia (160 bpm). He presented with chest discomfort, dyspnea, palpitations, and dizziness. Because medical cardioversion with intravenous amiodarone failed, intravenous ajmaline was administered, which successfully resulted in conversion to sinus rhythm. Physical examination and laboratory results rev...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.112.001318