Chest Pain in Adolescent Japanese Male Mimicking Acute Coronary Syndrome
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Chest Pain in Adolescent Japanese Male Mimicking Acute Coronary Syndrome
Acute chest pain with very elevated troponin level and abnormal EKG in adult population is considered sine qua non to acute coronary syndrome (ACS) unless proved otherwise. Similar presentation in adolescent population is seen less often but raises suspicion for ACS. Most common etiology for chest pain with cardiac enzyme elevation in adolescent population is usually viral myopericarditis. The ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Critical Care
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2090-6420,2090-6439
DOI: 10.1155/2014/176520