A case of spontaneous left-sided pneumothorax with ECG changes resembling acute myocardial infarction.
This is a report on a patient who developed spontaneous left-sided pneumothorax in postoperative setting which was misdiagnosed as acute myocardial infarction because of ECG changes resembling acute anterior myocardial infarction combined with a history of retrosternal chest pain and hemodynamic instability.
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Department of Intensive Care, Central Clinical Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria.
D000368:Aged; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000150:complications; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery